Week 4

In Week 4 we focused on writing as a social and cultural practice and the use of writing in a classroom.The first activity was thinking back to our early memories of writing. Jack kept a journal when he was younger, writing when they travelled. He liked it.

Writing to live; connects writing with students lives.After this activity we looked at some examples of NAPLAN tests, the literacy component. The creative writing section demonstrated the developing writer and proficient writer. It was evident that there were more complex text types e.g. arguments and more varied sentence openings and longer, more complex sentences.

We were all handed out examples of students writing and asked to match the writing samples and its description. The first example was experimental/early writing because it was evident that oral language was the precursor of speech written. The student's writing was very egocentric with repetitious sentence patterns. Example two and three belong in the  Experimental writing phase since there were simple  to compound sentences; few complex sentences and little awareness of others and their emotions.

Reading

Features of a Recount

• A recount tells the reader what happened, recalling a past event such as Elouisa's excursion
• It has a descriptive title.
• Orientation
• Personal Comments to convey opinion

Language used in a Recount

• Nouns and pronouns to identify those involved
• Action verbs, past tense, conjunctions and time connectives, uses adverbs, and adjectives.

Features of a Procedure

• A way of insturctions or give directions
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Activity 2

In the piece is it apparent that the girl was writing was in the Experimental/Early Writing stage. Her writing is speech written down since there is minimal punctuation. The feelings manifest through the constant listings of events as well using the word 'Oh Terrific'.