Unit 1 intro to writing
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This document outlines a learning plan for student teachers to develop their understanding of writing at primary and early childhood levels. It involves field visits to observe writing programs, outlining elements of writing in a class wiki, and discussing the relationship between technology and writing in a forum. Student teachers will examine composition, transcription, review, domains, types, functions of language, conditions for writing, and how technology can support writing development and creativity. Assessment will include field trip reports, wiki contributions, and participation in the discussion forum.
Unit 1 intro to writing
- 1. Learning Outcomes Teachers-in-training should be able to: Explain why writing should be done at the primary and early childhood levels after conducting field visits at both institutions. Outline the writing elements and essential conditions that should be considered when writing in the class wiki. Discuss the relationships between technology and writng in today’s classroom in a discussion forum.
- 2. Assessment • Field trips • Discussions in wiki • Discussion forum
- 3. Activities Student teachers will: • Visit primary and early childhood institutions to observe writing programs and report on the negatives and positives. • In pairs, use the class wiki to outline the writing elements and essential conditions that should be considered when writing. • Examine writing technologies and discuss their relationship to writing in today’s classroom. This will be done in the discussion forum.
- 4. Content • Elements of writing – composition, transcription and review – Writing used to communicate, inform, express, • entertain, persuade, learn, record, display and organize. • Domains of writing – sensory/descriptive; imaginative/narrative; practical/informative; • analytical/expository; poetic
- 5. Content contd. Types of writing • journal, letter, expository, narrative, • persuasive, poetic, biographical • Functions of language – instrumental, regulatory, interactional, personal, • imaginative, heuristic, informative (Halliday, 1975)
- 6. Content contd. Conditions • Purpose, audience, form, outcome • Technology and writing – can support and enhance writing development, motivate young writers to learn, to be creative, to locate and collect information. – Technology (using word processing, the internet, cell phones)