How to Develop Students' Writing Skills P1-3

1. Wo Che Lutheran School How to Develop Students' Writing Skills P1-3 BC Skill – Writing (short) simple texts ( e.g. write about one’s likes/dislikes/family/ friends/diaries, describe one’s own drawing) using short range of vocabulary, sentence patterns and cohesive devices despite some spelling and grammatical mistakes Ms Lo Sze Man Natalie

2. Teaching Assessment Learning Wo Che Lutheran School School based Curriculum Development within Creative Writing(Key Stage 1) • Clear teaching focus • Spiral learning • Using textbook as the base • Variety of teaching strategies (e.g. songs, games, poems, stories) • Shared Writing Approach • (Model writing →Shared writing → Free writing/ Creative writing) Find out students’ strengths and weaknesses Formative Assessment – Daily Assignment (e.g. Learning worksheets, Sketch Books , Booklets, Poem writing, Story writing…) – Classroom Performance Summative Assignment

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6. Creative Writing I can see six children at home. Jane is watering the plants. She has two plants. She has two small eyes and two small ears. Tony is sweeping the floor. He is happy. He has short hair. May is feeding the dog. She is hard-working. She has long hair. Billy is ironing the clothes. She is helpful. She has long hair. David is making the bed. He has short hair. Bob is washing the dishes. He is handsome and clever. The children are very happy. I can

7. Creative Writing I can see six kinds of animals at the zoo. Two birds are singing on the tree. They are pink and purple. The rabbits are sleeping on the grass. They are very tired. They are red. The monkey is riding a bicycle. The bicycle is red. The monkey is very happy. The green turtle is sitting on the grass. It is drawing a picture. The turtle is small. An elephant is playing computer games. It is very big. A hippo is swimming in the pool. It has four short legs. It is swimming very happily. The animals in the zoo are very lovely.

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32. Model /Guided Writing Shared Writing Free Writing /Creative Writing

33. My happy day P.2 I get up at seven o’clock in the morning. I brush my teeth at seven fifteen. I eat breakfast at half past seven. I go to school at eight o’clock. I have lunch at twelve o’clock. I go home at three o’clock. I do my homework at..

34. half past five. I have dinner at seven o’clock in the evening. I have a bath at half past eight. I go to bed at ten o’clock.

35. My happy day I get up at six seventy-five in the morning. I brush my teeth at half past six. I eat my breakfast at half past seven. I go to Space Museum to watch MARS ODYSSEY, the show is very interesting. I have lunch at half past three. I go home at half past five. I do my SB homework at half past eight. I play the piano at eight forty-five. I go to bed at half past nine.

36. My friend She is Mary Chan. She is a hard-working girl. She likes reading books. She has two sisters. She has long hair. She is happy. She studies in 2 Faith. She is thin. She gets up at seven o’clock. She brushes her teeth at seven fifteen. She goes to school at eight o’clock. She eats her lunch at half past twelve. She goes home at three ten. She goes to bed at nine o’clock.

37. My sister This is my sister, Gloria. She is six years old. She is short and thin. She studies in a kindergarten. She gets up at six fifteen. She brushes her teeth at seven fifteen. She washes her face at eight fifteen. She goes to school at eight forty-five. She goes home at one o’clock. She eats her lunch at half past one. She does her homework at three fifteen. She has a bath at four forty-five. She watches TV at half past eight. She goes to bed at ten.

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40. Examination Paper (Summative Assessment)

41. P.2 I can see seven children in the park. Tommy is climbing the tree. He is naughty. Paul is riding a bicycle. He is unhappy. Henry is (sing) a song. He is handsome. John is (play) ball games. He is happy. John is (walk) on the grass. He has (and) ice-cream. Sue is feeding the ducks. She has long hair. She is happy. May is picking the flowers. She is happy. I can see two girls and five boys. Tommy is climbing the tree. He is happy. Mary is picking the flowers. Paul is riding a bicycle. Henry is singing. John is playing ball games. Jim is eating on the grass. Sue is feeding the ducks.

42. P.3 This is my friend, Alex. He is tall. He lives in Sha Tin. He goes to school by school bus. He doesn’t like ice cream. He likes drawing. I think he is happy. I have a good friend, Sandy. She is eight. He is hardworking and clever. She is short and thin. She goes to school on foot. She likes sushi but she doesn’t like(s) lemons. She likes singing and reading. She dislikes playing football.

43. P.3 This is my good friend, Jojo. She is eight. She lives in Sha Tin. She goes to school by bus. She doesn’t like chicken legs. She likes helping at home. I think she is hardworking and helpful. This is my friend, Kitty. She is eleven. She lives in Sha Tin. She goes to school on foot. She doesn’t like rice. She likes feeding the dogs. I think she is naughty and lazy.

44. Impacts on learning • High motivation in writing • Develop confidence and creativity • Extended learning

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