WRITING

Writing and its four elements.

• Writing for learning.

• Writing for Writing.

• Activities.

• Cohesion.

• Coherence.

• Activities.

READING AND WRITING = STUDYING

WRITING IS A PROCESS

PLANNING - ELEMENTS

PURPOSE

AUDIENCE

CONTENT STRUCTURE

WHAT

WHO

HOW

DRAFTING

THE PROCESS WHEEL

Writing in our classrooms

WRITING FOR LEARNING TECHNIQUES

WRITEWRITE

SENTENCESSENTENCES

PARAGRAPHSPARAGRAPHS

COMPOSITIONCOMPOSITION

PRACTICE Language structures

or vocabulary

PRACTICE Language structures

or vocabulary

REINFORCEMENT WRITING

WRITEIDEASIDEAS

THOUGHTSTHOUGHTS

OPINIONSOPINIONS

PREPARATION for another

Activity

PREPARATION WRITING

WRITESOMETHING

BIGGER4 MACRO

SKILLS

ACTIVITY WRITING

RADIO SPOT

These activities DO NOT teach students to WRITE!

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RADIO SPOT SCRIPT

Imagine we’re going to deal with this writing

task

How a Piece of Writing is organized

This is Pedro Parelman, a street artist.This is Pedro Parelman, a street artist.

What is the piece of

writing about?

What is the piece of

writing about?

It’s about a street artist.It’s about a street artist.

Who is it addressed to?

(audience)

Who is it addressed to?

(audience)

It’s addressed to the general public and

people knowing about street artists

and their work.

It’s addressed to the general public and

people knowing about street artists

and their work.

HOW IS THE TEXT ORGANIZED?

ASPECTS

PARAGRAPH ORGANIZATION

PARAGRAPH ORGANIZATION

Do some research about a street artist and complete the chart below.Do some research about a street artist and complete the chart below.

ANTICIPATE!!!

Use the information about Milo Lockett to write an article following the example of Pedro.Use the information about Milo Lockett to write an article following the example of Pedro.

NamePlace

Personal Information

Place of work

Materials

MODELLING

DRAFTING: Write each paragraph following the «sandwich» diagram

EDITING: Check your production!!!

What is COHESION?

The use of repetition, expressions, and other devices that show the reader how the parts of a composition relate to one another.

How our piece of writing «sticks

together»

Pedro Perelman is a young street artist form Buenos Aires City. He is a part of a new generation of young artists. They do many things at the same time.

Pedro does street art and fine arts. Some of his works are on the walls of Buenos Aires City. He also does artworks for music releases, broadcasting for TV and video clips. He doesn’t work for a company, he works freelance. He is also a musician and a producer. And he works on the computer all the time!

When painting, he uses a variety of materials: for example markers, acrylics, oil aint, engraving, computer programmes.

Pronoun and Possessive Reference

Pedro Perelman is a young street artist form Buenos Aires City. He is a part of a new generation of young artists. They do many things at the same time.

Pedro does street art and fine arts. Some of his works are on the walls of Buenos Aires City. He also does artworks for music releases, broadcasting for TV and video clips. He doesn’t work for a company, he works freelance. He is also a musician and a producer. And he works on the computer all the time!

When painting, he uses a variety of materials: for example markers, acrylics, oil paint, engraving, computer programmes.

Pedro Perelman is a young street artist form Buenos Aires City. He is a part of a new generation of young artists. They do many things at the same time.

Pedro does street art and fine arts. Some of his works are on the walls of Buenos Aires City. He also does artworks for music releases, broadcasting for TV and video clips. He doesn’t work for a company, he works freelance. He is also a musician and a producer. And he works on the computer all the time!

When painting, he uses a variety of materials. The materials are markers, acrylics, oil paint, engraving, computer programmes.

Article ReferenceArticle Reference

Pedro Perelman is a young street artist form Buenos Aires City. He is a part of a new generation of young artists. They do many things at the same time.

Pedro does street art and fine arts. Some of his works are on the walls of Buenos Aires City. He also does artworks for music releases, broadcasting for TV and video clips. He doesn’t work for a company, he works freelance. He is also a musician and a producer. And he works on the computer all the time!

When painting, he uses a variety of materials. The materials are markers, acrylics, oil paint, engraving, computer programmes.

Tense Agreement

Pedro does street art and fine arts. Some of his works are on the walls of Buenos Aires City. He also does artworks for music releases, broadcasting for TV and video clips. He doesn’t work for a company, he works freelance. He is also a musician and a producer. And he works on the computer all the time!

LinkersLinkers

Substitution and EllipsisSubstitution and Ellipsis

«He shouldn’t have eaten a chocolate but he did so because he was very anxious.»

«He shouldn’t have eaten a chocolate but he did so because he was very anxious.»

What is COHERENCE?

«Coherence refers to the internal logic of the text. It is achieved by the way a writer sequences information» (Jeremy Harmer)

The writer’s line of thought

The writer’s purpose

REASONING

SHOULD BE TAUGHT!!! SHOULD BE TAUGHT!!!

SYMBOL MEANING^ WORD MISSING

? I DONT UNDERSTAND

  LINK THESE SENENCES

^ SENTENCE/IDEA MISSING

// FULL STOP

gr GRAMMAR

pc PUNCTUATION

pr PREPOSITION

R REPETITION

S STYLE

sp SPELLING

t TENSE

wf WRONG FORM

wl WRONG LINKING WORD

wo WRONG ORDER

ww WRONG WORD

X UNNECESSARY

= CAPITAL LETTER NEEDED

C CHANGE CAPITAL LETTER TO A SMALL LETTER

ST STICK TO THE TOPIC

Use your friends’ comments and make changes.

CORRECTION IDEAS: Ask for revision and suggestions!

DEMONSTRATE

MOTIVATE AND PROVOKE

RESPOND AND EVALUATE

WRITE AN E-MAIL

DEMONSTRATE

Dear Sarah:

Dear Sarah,

MOTIVATE AND PROVOKE

RESPOND AND EVALUATE