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TEACHING WRITING SOME IDEAS FOR ‘HANDS-ON’ ACTIVITIES CYNTHIA C. JAMES (SKK2)

Teaching Writing - Some Ideas for Hands-On Activities

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Some ideas for 'hands-on' writing activities in the classroom to teach sentence construction, giving reasons and writing simple narratives for upper level primary school (UPSR/KBSR). For more information, visit: http://cindyjbj79.blogspot.com/

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  • 1.TEACHING WRITING SOME IDEAS FOR HANDS-ONACTIVITIES CYNTHIA C. JAMES (SKK2)

2. SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION SCAFFOLDING ACTIVITIES TO HELP WEAKER LEARNERS 3. LABELING ACTIVITY To help students remember vocabulary and key phrases Teacher provides the words and phrases for subject, verb and object / complement Students label picture and construct sentences based on the picture 4. MATCHING ACTIVITY In pairs or small groups Good students help their friends Students match words and phrases based on what they can see in the picture Students work together to construct sentences 5. ARRANGING WORDS Turn the activity into a group competition to make it more interesting Students get into small groups Distribute envelopes containing words needed to construct sentences for the picture Students work together in their groups to arrange the words and form the correct sentences for the picture Give one point for each correct sentence Group with the most points win 6. Mini Whiteboard Laminate a few pieces of white A4-sized papers and use these as 'mini whiteboards' for the students to write their sentences on, using non-permanent / dry-erase markers Students write their sentences on the 'mini whiteboard The non-permanent / dry-erase markers on the laminated piece of paper can be easily erased using tissue paper or a piece of crumpled paper The students hold the 'mini whiteboard' up to show the sentence that they've written. The pair / group with the correct sentence will get a point 7. Sentence Panel To revise the sentence structure Assign students into small groups and give each group one sentence panel Students work together to form sentences Students may write on the panel using dry-erase markers or post-its 8. Singing the structure To revise the basic sentence structure Melody is used to aid memorisation Two basic structures: Subject Verb Object There is / There are 9. How many Subject Be Verbing What/Where/Who 10. There be how many nouns - place 11. WRITING REASONS IDEAS AND ACTIVITIES 12. GRAPHIC ORGANISER / MIND MAP Help students to organise thoughts and ideas Revise vocabulary and aid memorisations 13. FACTS - REASONS Help students distinguish between facts and reasons Help students to organise thoughts and ideas 14. VOCABULARY WORK Hands-on activities to revise important vocabulary and key-words Aids memorisations 15. Using songs Introduce students to logical connectors to help make their paragraph more interesting Help students to revise and remember some key sentences and vocabulary 16. The Reasons ;-) 17. NARRATIVE WRITING SOME IDEAS FOR NOTE EXPANSION 18. Writing in reverse 19. Scaffolded Writing 20. Operate the sentences 21. Use simple stories 22. For more tips and ideas on hands-on activities for writing and the scaffolded writing strategy, visit: Beyond Chalk & Talk http://cindyjbj79.blogspot.com