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Teaching Technique s Ruhiyye Mahmudova Ismayilli Secondary School #1 Azerbaijan

Teaching writing techniques

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This is my presentation for the workshop on teaching writing techniques at schools and universities. The presentation includes worksheets as well.

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Teaching

Techniques

Ruhiyye MahmudovaIsmayilli Secondary School

#1 Azerbaijan

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A Word is just a bunch of letters and sounds A Sentence is just a bunch of words A Paragraph is just a bunch of sentences An Essay is just a bunch of paragraphs

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Brainstorming

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BrainstormingWhy does writing matter?Why do we write?Should we teach our students writing? Do they really need to be taught writing?Is writing easy? Why? Why not?

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Writing Genres Descriptive Poetry

ExpositoryJournals

and letters

Persuasive

Narrative

Character sketches, Comparisons, Descriptive essays, Descriptive sentencesFound poems

Alphabet booksAutobiographiesDirections, EssaysPosters, ReportsSummaries

Acrostic poemsColor poemsFree verse Haiku “I Am” poemsPoems for two voices

AdvertisementsBook and movie reviewsLetters to the editorPersuasive essaysPersuasive letters

Business lettersE-mail messagesFriendly lettersLearning logsPersonal journals

Original short storiesPersonal narrativesStory scripts

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Steps in

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Planning Content

Thinking about a topic, setting an idea, brainstorming and planning

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RevisingReworking

and organization of details

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Student Paper Revising

Task: Holidays are celebrated in many different ways. Choose a holiday from your country that is important to you. Explain when it is celebrated, what people do, what they eat, and what they might make for this holiday.

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The New Year in my country it’s in January, first.The people do in this day some people go to visit their family,They ate tamales in the noon with their family.Some people like to go to the beach with their family or with friends.I don’t have mor idea meabe nex time I do.

Walter Teacher Comments: This sounds like a great day. I would like to know more about this holiday. Can you say what country you are talking about? What else do the people eat with their families? What do the people do at the beach?Tell me more….!

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When you have revised a piece of writing for its content, you are ready to check it for its accuracy. This is called editing, and includes checking grammar, spelling, punctuation and capitalization.

Writing Mechanics

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While reviewing and correcting

spelling, grammar, capitalization and punctuation use

the COPS method

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N e w Y e a r C e l e b r a t i o n i n m y c o u n t r y

Author Name____Tigubu______________________________________

Task: New Year Holiday is celebrated in many different ways. Write about New Year celebrations in your country. Explain when it is celebrated, what people do, what they eat, and what they might make for this holiday.

I l i ke celebra te my coun try New Yea r . My con try celebra te n ew Yea r Sebteber 12. People do d r i n ck beer soda . The go n i ght cleb. The ea t d i fferen t ca yn d food . The ta ke ea ch a ther They ha ppy. They ma ke l i ke soft Bra d very very Bi g dei shes food . They cook dero wea t. Why the hol i da y i mporta n t. Becouse New Yea r . Very Very i mporta n t h l i da y New Yea r to much people ha ppy.

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Error Correcting

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Error Correcting

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Author Name____Tigubu______________________________________

Task: New Year Holiday is celebrated in many different ways. Write about New Year celebrations in your country. Explain when it is celebrated, what people do, what they eat, and what they might make for this holiday.

I l i ke celebra te my coun try New Yea r. My con try celebra te n ew Yea r Sebteber 12. People do d r i n ck beer soda . The go n i ght cleb. The ea t d i fferen t ca yn d food . The ta ke ea ch a ther They ha ppy. They ma ke l i ke soft Bra d very very Bi g dei shes food . They cook dero wea t. Why the hol i da y i mporta n t. Becouse New Yea r. Very Very i mporta n t hl i da y New Yea r to much people ha ppy.

Insert word ̂, possessive s spelling (sp), subject/verb agreement (S/VA) spelling (sp), insert word ̂spelling (sp) spelling (sp), insert word ̂spelling (sp), lower case (lc), insert comma ̂ lower case (lc), ? (dero weat—Ethiopian dish) insert word ,̂ change punct (pnc), spelling (sp) delete punctuation (del), lower case (lc) insert punctuation ,̂ word choice (wc)

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Evaluation

The purpose of an evaluation essay is to demonstrate the overall quality (or lack thereof) of a particular product.

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Evaluationand Self -Reflection

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Informal Essay Rubric

Author Name: ____________________

Date: ___________________________

Comments:

Features Expert Accomplished Capable Beginner Quality of writing

Piece was written in an extraordinary style and voice

Very informative and well organized

Piece was written in an interesting style and voice

Somewhat informative and organized

Piece had little style or voice

Gives some new information but poorly organized

Piece had no style or voice

Gives no new information and very poorly organized

Grammar, Usage and Mechanics

Virtually no spelling, punctuation or grammatical errors

Few spelling, punctuation errors, minor grammatical errors

A number of spelling, punctuation and grammatical errors

So many spelling, punctuation or grammatical errors that it interferes with the meaning.

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Expository Essay Rubric

Author Name: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Date: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Comments:

Excellent 4pts

Good 3pts Fair 2 pts Poor 1 pts

Introduction The introduction does an excellent job of hooking the reader into the essay. I t includes the thesis and previews main points.

The introduction simply states topic, has thesis and previews main points, but does not hook reader well.

Introduction is functional but not exceptional. May have thesis, but does not preview main points

Introduction very weak, does not have thesis or preview of main points. Only previews topic.

Thesis Statement

Thesis is present and clear with three reasons that support the prompt.

Thesis is present and clearly written with some reasons that support the prompt.

Thesis is present but doesn't include reasons that support the prompt.

Thesis is not present or is not clear

Supporting details

Each detail supports, or tells more about the topic. follow up sentences provide additional support.

Each detail supports the main idea but there are no follow up sentences.

Some of the details support the main idea, but there are some that do not.

The details do not support the main idea.

Logical order The essay is developed in a logical order appropriate to the writer's purpose and readers needs.

Most of the essay is presented in a logical order, and readers should have little trouble following the supporting details.

The writer attempts to develop the essay in a logical order, but some of the essay may be presented in an order readers may find confusing.

The supporting details within the essay as a whole are not developed in a logical order.

Grammar and mechanics

The paragraph contains no errors in usage, spelling, and mechanics.

The paragraph contains 1 or 2 errors in usage, spelling and mechanics.

The paragraph contains 3 to 5 errors in usage, spelling and mechanics.

The paragraph contains 6 or more errors in usage, spelling and mechanics.

Style Writer makes excellent use of style, using imagery and juicy words.

Writer makes good attempt at exploring style, using imagery and juicy words.

Writer has little attempt at individual style, leaving writing dry and boring

Writer has no attempt at personal style, leaving writing very bland.

Conclusion The conclusions does an excellent job of summing up or restating the topic and tieing the details together.

The conclusion sums up the topic, by restating it, but it does tie the details together.

There is an attempt at a conclusion, but it doesn't restate the topic or tie the details together.

There is no conclusion the essay just ends without summing up or restating the topic. I t doesn't tie the details together.

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Why to publish???

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Patience

Patience

Patience

Good Luck!!!

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