Writing in English

1. Writing in English Chapter 7

2. Page 135 • If students understand the principles of writing in Korean, they can easily transfer those to English • Capitalization – difficult because Korean doesn’t have it • Upper-lower case matching game

3. Page 136-137 • How can you explain writing these letters? • What should YL pay attention to when writing? • Writing activities • How can we use these cards? • How to give basic instructions • Advanced writing activities

4. Page 138-139 • some writing activities • tips on handwriting • writing is about meaning! Children should always think about the meaning. • Practicing the alphabet • 7A Look at the polite words and praise the teacher gives

5. Page 140 -141 • 7.1b Intonation and stress for meaning • CCQs • Teaching Tips – practice shapes • Extension ideas – palm and back writing

6. Page 142-143 • keyboard preparation – find and put in order • 7.2 Speaking to Writing: Memory Games and Quizzes • Writing for someone else is important! • Writing puzzles for each other (word or sentence) • Reading to Writing: Making Lists (words) • Croco Bay – list the food, animals, games, etc.

7. Page 144 -145 • Extension idea – rub off memory game (good for PDP) • 7.2B Look at the transcript: instructions + CCQs • Spelling – useful classroom English • Extension ideas – questioning game (good w/ word wall) • Class password • Topic Talk: Parties

8. Page 146-147 • 7.3 Writing with other children – longer writing • Writing a story summary • 7.4 children writing freely • Writing to communicate, developing self-confidence • The message is most important • Writing about people

9. Page 148 • Teaching tips: children learn from reading each other’s work • Make a story or make a book

10. Page 149 • Make a storybook continued • Individual books, make a big one for another class • Give them a real audience, so there’s a real reason to be neat, check spelling, etc. • Write to penpals • Different city, different country • (Or different classroom)

11. Page 150-151 • Teaching tips: encourage students to be autonomous • Thinking about writing – writing comes last, accept mistakes, praise • Topic talk – mind map • Further ideas – www.startwrite.com

12. Chooseyour activity to teach • We will choose activities next week and teach in two weeks