DESCRIPTIVE WRITING This class session mainly focused on descriptive writing. We learned that descriptive writing is to describe a person, place or thing in such a way that a picture is formed in the reader's mind. We also learned that when one uses descriptive writing to speak about an event, this involves paying close attention to the details by using all of one's five senses. In addition, teaching students to write more descriptively will ameliorate their writing by making it more interesting and engaging to read. Unlike the other types of writing, it was understood that descriptive writing has many characteristics. Primarily, a good descriptive piece includes many vivid sensory details that paints a picture and appeals to all of the reader's senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste when appropriate. This simply means that it helps the reader live vicariously through the writer and any piece of writ...
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MODELLED WRITING This class session focused mainly on modelled writing. We learned that modelled writing is an opportunity for students to observe a proficient writer going through the process of putting ideas into a written form. In modelled writing, teachers can focus on authorial elements of writing such as sequencing and linking ideas, choosing appropriate words, etc. or secretarial elements such as employing spelling strategies, using correct punctuation etc. We were of the understanding that the students do not offer their ideas in modelled writing. Instead, it is anticipated that they will use the strategies modelled in their own independent writing. Modelled writing can be employed as a whole class or small group strategy. The students need to be able to clearly see the text as it is constructed. Moreover, during the modelling of the piece of writing, our lecturer made her own thinking and writing processes visible for us. ...
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