Task 2

Writing

Task 2 Writing
Objective
To develop awareness of different genres and forms of writing for children and
consider methods used for giving feedback on childrens writing.
Procedure
1, Collect 4 samples of childrens writing. Make sure to remove the childs name from
the sample. Try to find samples from different grade levels if possible. If not just
choose samples from different levels in your class.
2. Notice any forms/genres of writing used in your classroom.
Talk to your teacher and ask the following questions:

What writing genres does she try to expose children to during the year?
Is there a whole school plan for writing development?
Is there a policy for giving feedback to children on their writing?
Does the school have any criteria for assessing childrens writing?
How does she give feedback to her students?

Before the Observation

Research Writing Forms or Writing Genres and create a table with 20 different
writing genres and writing forms you might see during teaching practice.
http://www.suzanne-williams.com/formsof.htm

During Teaching Practice

1. Collect the writing samples and try to find different samples

from 3 different grade levels so you can get a picture of how
childrens writing evolves.
2. Keep a record of any different forms or genres used in your
classroom.
3. Interview your teacher and record her answers.

After the Observation

Summarize the teachers answers.
Complete the observation table.

Reflection
Identify one writing sample and explain the stage of writing you think the student has
reached.

Teacher Interview

What writing genres does she try

to expose children to during the
year?

Is there a whole school plan for Under processing.

writing development?

Is there a policy for giving There is clear rubric which formed as check list.
feedback to children on their After writing class, they have to fill the check list.
writing?

Does the school have any criteria Yes, there is clear rubric and that are:
for assessing childrens writing?
1- Consists of ideas that are logically connected
to the topic.
2- Mostly uses punctuation and capitalization
correctly.
3- Simple, basic, short but complete sentences.
4- Most high frequency words are correctly
written.
5- Incorrectly spelled words are at least
phonetically correct. (Letter sound
connection).
6- Uses space between words while writing
sentences neatly.

How does she give feedback to Students have to assess themselves by filling the
her students?
writing check list.
Teacher assessment.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Informative.
Persuasive.
Descriptive writing.
Recounting.
Expository.

Forms of Writing
Genres of Writing
1. Descriptive writing.

2. Expository Writing

3.

Informative.

4. Recounting

Description

Its about describe some things like: people, things

and place by using metaphors and similes to make
students writing be more powerful. The appropriate
activity for this type is descriptive essay.
Its about collect information and writing. It can be
writing report about comparing and describe
problems and solutions or explain something and
give reason.

Its about writing a topic. Students can write about a

person, place, and event. Also, they can write facts
that related to the topic.

Students use it to describe something like: an event

that happens with them or with other people.

5. Persuasive
Students writing something like reasons and try to
support it by using evidence to convince other
people such us: her teacher or parents.
6. Fables
7. Narrative Writing
8. Poetry Writing
9. Letters

10.

Opinion

11.
12.

Speech
Instruction

Students write a short story and it have to include:

moral or value.
Its about writing story about person life. For
example: the student will write story about her
father, mother, grandfather or grandmother.
Students create words with rhyme on their own
words to create poems.
The letters has two types which are: formal and
informal. Students can write the formal letters for
business or any professional place. Informal letter
its about writing letter for the friend or mother.
Students write her opinion about what they feel
about someone or something.
Its about write speech after telling it.
Students write steps about something that the
teacher gives him. For example: they will write the

13.

Story

14.

Play

15.

Essay

16.

Book review

17.

Out biography

18.
19.
20.

Tall tales
Fiction
Non-fiction

steps of how to do the fruit salad.

Students write story about something that the
teacher asked them to write.
This type is about writing about plays for example:
William Shakespeare.
Teacher give students paper and ask them to write
essay about topic that she want.
After reading the book, teacher ask her students to
write on the paper about the book if it useful or not
and why.
Teacher asks students to write out biography about
their life.
Its about long tales sometimes has a real things.
Its about letters, short stories and fables.
Writing that include: real things or events,
characters and sitting.

Reflection
Identify one writing sample and explain the stage of writing you think the
student has reached.
This sample for boy studies in American School of Creative Science. He is in
grade 2i. He wrote about her mom. I think the child in mastered stage
because in her writing he uses a capital letter, punctuation, and highfrequency words.