Use the following writing checklist to self-assess your teaching of early writing in the primary stage.
PLANNING:
- Have I prepared a good pre-writing activity?
- Have I chosen a topic that is suitable for my students?
- Have I given clear instructions and modelled the task clearly?
- Have I thought about what equipment or materials I will need?
- Have I thought about how to attract my students’ attention?
TIME:
- Have I considered how long the activity will take?
- Do my students know when to stop writing?
CORRECTION:
- Have I worked on only a few errors at a time?
- Have I specified the kinds of errors I should work on first?
- Have I corrected the students’ errors correctly using symbols that tell students what kind of error they made?
- Have I remembered to point out what students did right?
- Are my students alert to their errors?
- Have I set goals for improving students’ writing?
- Do I help my students overcome their fears when I correct their writing?
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