LIT102CreativeWritingTeachers

    On Wednesday 18th of November, Our teacher presented a powerpoint on the topic "Effective Writing Instruction." We were engaged in healthy discussions to aid in understand what effective writing involves. Effective writing instruction: involves students writing for authentic audiences and purposes involves students in focussed and scaffolded writing experiences using principled approaches to the teaching of writing such as the teaching and learning cycle or the writing workshop develops a grammatical metalanguage through discussion of examples and patterns of language choices in texts through teaching practices such as modelling or deconstruction, guided practice or joint construction, and writing conferences encompasses a range of teaching practices such as modelled writing, shared writing, interactive writing and independent writing where varying levels of support can be provided at different points of need opens up ‘a repertoire of possibilities’ for students (Myhi...

During this week's sessions, we learned about spelling development and the stages of writing. Our lecturer provided different links and videos to view then we discussed them afterward. Below are some essential points from our discussions.                                                                    Spelling Development Spelling is important in writing as it helps students to communicate effectively when writing. Spelling and reading skills go hand in hand as spelling (being able to associate letter and their sounds and knowing the standard rules) helps develop a student's ability to write and read. The article has enlightened me as to the different stages of spelling development that students go through that I have seen in the classroom but somehow could not pinpoint what stage my students were at. The five s...

  LIT 102-Week 16th-20th November 2020 Blog by Tatyana Browne November 21st 2020 During this week's sessions we learned about creating our very own pen portrait with the illustration of a video shown in class. a pen portrait is an  informal description of a person or group of people - this may cover age and other 'hard' variables, but will focus on softer dimensions such as attitudes, appearance and lifestyle.   We were also given the task of creating our pen portrait that would highlight our skills, competencies and attributes as training teachers. We also engaged in a groups meeting, where we discussed the approaches and plans in completing a required digital story for the LIT 102 course. Reference https://www.aqr.org.uk/glossary/penportrait#:~:text=An%20informal%20description%20of%20a,as%20attitudes%2C%20appearance%20and%20lifestyle. Completed Pen Portrait:                             ...

    LIT 102-Week 09th-13th November 2020 Blog by Tatyana Browne November 18th 2020 Spelling is important to writing as it improves reading ability and builds a learner’s knowledge of the alphabetic system as it is used in reading. As a training teacher, this article has given me much knowledge not only about the meaning of spelling but also the different strategies of how I can implement in my teaching. I would encourage purposeful writing, such as the writing of messages, lists, plans, signs, letters, stories, songs, and poems and provide opportunities for frequent writing, which, when integrated with all aspects of the curriculum. The article suggested that teachers can make use of instructional games. It furthermore said that games helps in the growth of young children's acknowledgment of words and their spellings. It also stated that games that involve exploring sound and letter relationships, manipulating letters to form words, building words, alphabetizing, and using the...

 Week 3 9 th – 13 th November 2020 Blog by Shaniqua Belle. This week sessions were on the importance of spelling to writing and the writing stages. Spelling is important in writing because it gives students recognition of the links between words of the same origin and understanding word relationships. In order to write, students need a firm foundation and understanding of the sounds represented by letters and their spelling. I learned, from the article, that teachers could build a child’s spelling development using word games and by providing opportunities for frequent writing.   With writing exercises, teachers should avoid forcing perfected (correctness) writing, as nobody is perfect, it is nurtured more effectively through knowledge of the pupils' level of development. The stages of writing are important to students because it provides them with a series of separate steps to follow, breaking down the task into manageable parts, making the task of “writing” seems...

  Week 2 2 nd - 5 th November 2020 Blog by Shaniqua Belle. This week’s session was focused on the writing processes. First the five stages of the writing process were indicated, which are; Pre- writing- is where the students choose a topic and gather information and ideas related to the topic. Drafting- where the students write a rough draft. Revising- students share their drafts in revising groups and make changes as advised by classmates and teacher. Editing- students set draft aside for a day or two then proofread and locate errors.   Publishing- students will publish writing in an appropriate form and share completed writing with others. Then we went into discussion about the writing strategies. Some benefits of the writing processes and writing strategies are it reduces anxiety and stress from the students, and it increases quality on the final product. By focusing on each distinct step individually, increases a greater chance for the students to create a ...

  Week 1 26 th to 30 th October 2020 Blog by Shaniqua Belle. This week’s session was focused on Narrative writing.   Narrative writing is story writing. It is made up of different elements which are important for this type of writing. These elements are; Ø   Plot- is the series of which events occur from beginning middle and end. this can be identified as exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and the resolution. Ø   Conflict- is the tension or opposition between forces in the plot. There are four types of conflicts: character vs nature, character vs society, character vs characters, character vs themselves.   Ø   Setting- is when and where the story occurs, and this includes the time, weather, location, and place. Ø   Characters- are the persons or animals (animation) in a story. Ø   Theme- the main point or idea which a story is focused around. Ø   Point of View- is the position or positions from which the story...

This week's presentations were done by my group(Radhmaes,Tazurie, and myself) and also my lecturer Ms. Delise Williams. On the 4th of November, my group presented on Poetry -the Genre of Writing. According to MastersClass.com (2020), Poetry can be defined as a form of literature conveying thought, emotion, or description of a scene or thing to portray a story in a concise lyrical manner. Our group expressed that teachers should be creative and enthusiastic when teaching Poetry in the classroom! Poetry can be integrated into other subjects so that students realize that poetry can be about anything! Familiarize yourself with the types of poetry, the poetic devices, and the ways of teaching the genre, as this journey of bringing fun and excitement to Poetry begins with us! Below are some forms of poems discussed, some poetic tools, and the link for information on how to teach poetry. It is essential for teachers to teach poetry in an exciting way so that students appreciate and have ...

 LIT 102-Week 2- 2nd-6th November 2020 Blog by Tatyana Browne November 07th 2020 During this week's sessions we finished our presentations with the genre poetry. It was a very informative and the PowerPoint was made with appropriate and well understood content that helped me to understand more in depth about poetry. Poetry is often viewed ad boring and unexciting, and I was a culprit of that stance. After listening to the presentation my viewpoint and perspective changed tremendously. in order for one to really enjoy poetry, we must understand the genre for what is about and entails. We also looked at the different poetic forms such as: color poems, preposition poems, wish poems, acrostic poems, bilingual poems, concrete poems, haikus and cinquains poems, syllable and word count poems, free verse poems and List poems, just to name a few. These poems are very interesting, not only in the way they sound but their characteristics as well. while researching I came across one poetic for...

  LIT102- Week1- 26th-30th October 2020 Blog by Tatyana Browne November 03rd 2020 During this weeks LIT sessions we were given the task in groups of creating PowerPoint presentation on the five different genres of writing. The genres were persuasive writing, narrative writing, descriptive writing, expository writing and poetry writing.  These presentations delivered during this weeks presentations were very informative as I learned and gained so much information. Each genre of writing are unique and different in their own way. My group which consisted of Robvecia Hazel and I, were assigned the genre of persuasive writing. Upon researching, I came across many interesting facts. for instance, I never really understood that persuasive writing requires solid arguments and facts to back up your opinion. We also focused on the definition and the elements of persuasive writing such as; the characteristics, the organization, the types and how it is assessed. It was very interesting....

This week’s sessions were focused on the Genres of Writing; Narrative Writing and Expository Writing. They were very interesting and formative. On our first class dated Wednesday 28th October 2020, Leonest, Azuree, and Shaniqua presented on Narrative Writing' as a genre of writing. I learned that narrative writing is also known as story writing. It can be non-fiction and imaginary. The presenters explained the different elements of story writing. These include; a. The plot (the sequence of events that occur in a story from the beginning to middle to the ending) The plat was also broken down into parts that include the rising action (events leading up to the conflict), climax (the highest point of action, keeps the reader wanting more), falling action (solving of the conflict/problem) and resolution (the end). I learned that there are four different types of conflict; character vs nature, character vs society, character vs characters, character vs supernatural, and character vs H...