Macmillan foundation skills writing composition 1 students book

Composition
Louis Fidge


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Unit 1

Skills
Uni t 2

Skills
Uni t 3

Skills
Unit 4

Skills
Uni t 5

Skills
Uni t 6

Skills
Unit 7

Skills
Unit 8

Handwrit ing pa ttern ( 1)
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Ha nd w ri t ing pattern (
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Handwriting pntte n
penni t.o n t r cl , I I I' l
The letters J and I
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The letters t or d 1I
Identi fication , lett N I r'! mot ion, in it ia l le t
The letters j ond y
id ent ificat io n, Itttl ' r tllr rl1 rtio n, in it ial I
The letters r ond n
ident ificati on, letter form at io n, init ia l le t

Skills

The letters h and b

ident if icat io n, letter format ion, in it ial I,


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Unit 9

The letters

Skills

ident if ication, letter f ormatio n, initi al 1('1tI

Unit 10

The letters ( and 0

Skills

ident ificat io n, letter formati o n, in itia l lett e r ounds

Unit 11

The letters a and 9
id ent ificat io n, letter fo rmati o n, In it ial

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The letters d and q
ident ificat ion. let t er fo rmat ion, rn it inl it'

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The letter s e and s
ide ntification, let t er f or mat io n, in itial 10tt<>r so und,

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ident if icat io n, letter fo rmat io n, in it ial letter sounds

Un it 15

The letters v and W
ident if icat ion, letter f o rmat ion, initial letter sou nds

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Th l'! l e tter!: z and x

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Skills

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Unit 19
Skills

Handw rit ing patterns (5)
pencil control; fluency of movement; left to right direction

Unit 20

Skills

Making words
word-building eve words

Unit 21
Skills

Colours and numbers
learning how to write common colour and number words (1-10)

Unit 22
Skills

Parts of the body
labelling; learning how to write the names of parts of the body

Unit 23
Skills

Fruit and vegetables
labelling; learning to write the names of common fruit and
vegetables

Unit 24
Skills

Rhymes
reading and writing phrases containing rhyming

Unit 25
Skills

Capital letters A - F

identification, capitol letter formation (using child ren's names)


Unit 26
Skills

Capital letters G - K

identification, capital letter formation (using chi ldren's names)


Unit 27
Skills

Capital letters L - P

identification, capital letter formation (using childre n's names)


Unit 28
Skills

Capital letters Q - U

identification, capital letter formation (using children 's names)

Unit 29
Skills

Capital letters V - Z

identification, capital letter format ion (using children's names)


Unit 30
Skills

Alphabet practice (2)

revision of letter formation, lower caselcapital letter matching


Unit 31
Skills

Days and months
sequenc ing and writing names of days and months cor rect ly

Unit 32
Skills

Signs
copying signs in capital letters, finding and writing environmental
signs

Unit 33
Skills

Things I can do

simple sentence structure "I can ... "


Unit 34
Skills

Transport
transport words; composing and writing simple "Here is a ... "
sentences

Unit 35
Skills

Animals
animal words; composing and writing simple "This is a ... "
sentences

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Int roducti

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Each boo k In I il
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purposes Th rou qn out th e series chil Jr en -ncoun te- fln lV I I, poe tr y and no n-It tion text s. The
books are coretull y qIOlh··cJ UIlII ' II ' Il l' " ' l ll f 'Qlu! In d u IIl. lIlly. I ti e uu o ks provide a valuab le
com plement to any other resou rces or serif s rurrent ly b - I I I' I U~~U .

The activities
Ttus bo o k I S desrqneo to help 'fOU ~ LJ P/JUI ' your "I O~S III 1~l]rl ll I IY to vvr u v I IU II I de velop ing some
essential w riting skill s. Il II ILlu UU l l ~ l , tI J,,,,
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cap ital letters. Thes or tou q It In rn eo ru n q t ul com e - I ' ' n \ " 1 I I ! " II W0f d p tl l rn" rind sent ences.
The work boo k al so suppo t) t he d evel op ment of ph o n I and ne lllno sklll<
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The f irst two books in th e I I ' f0 <""l ~ " ~ ppcio llyon t h t ' l ,i 'J fl ilHl II"
Ind ivid ual letter forrnot ro r , It lci'-' J r n to e int rod uction ot j oinr ~rq r r)p" pic' jl ll 'l (l tl uent.
th ' ) " Il s i he ucuvru es,
leg ib le sty le of handwri ti ng i~ enco uruq d thro ugho ut th It' t

ejpeeiol!y trom Book 3 on, suuoon the devl lopment in t:'))t:I1UU! w l11 /Ju)JI IOIlOJ w flt ln f} sk jjJs.
They olso f o cus on the tech nical Si d e ul VIIllllI'0 Ulletll ' y I '~ li)ed vvI.Jlk (HI de elo pinq
pu nct uation skills.

The Skills Scope an d Sequence l1un
rile Skil ls Scope and Sequ en ce Chart (on pog pc I t r1r.~ III) provid es an rrnmedrote overview ot h
work book and the skills being deve loped . Trus cnort 15 " crv h Ipf I to r planninq pu rpos es

Using he books
To gain maxim um benef it f ro m the wo rk book, it is 'i\ '_'gE''i IC'd that it is l l 'ie r! svstem ottrol lv,
work ing th rou gh each un it on e at 0 tim e, in the g iVI ' I I
'10W12V I , ti l l' I)' "'f) 1I 1ay else be
used f lexib ly, selecti ng units as d esired t o complem ent other IN rk beino d one in ( 10 s.

Tackling the units in this workbook
It is suggested that prior to working on an y un it th er . ts adequate d iscussio n Wit h the pupi ls t o
ensure they fully understand what is required of hern and con gain maximum benet rt fr om each
act ivit y . The instructions on each page are kept to a min im urn. Read t hem to and wit h you r class,
po int ing to the words and explaining unfam ili ar vo cab u lary 05 you do so if necessary . W hen
letter shapes are introduced they are marked with a sta rt ing point and di recti o nal crrows . Paying
attent ion to these and f o llow ing them will hel p chi ldren deve lo p good w riting habi b and
reinf o rce th e correct fo rmati on of each letter. Dem onstrate t he f or mat ion of md ividuol lett ers to
t he class on the board, using appropriate vocabulary to explain what you are doi ng . You may
wis h to get children to practise formi ng letters in t he air w it h t he ir f ingers to get t he "fee l" of
t hem, before at te m pti ng th em in the book.

Individ ual letter s are always show n li nked t o pi ctures of objects. Talk about til pi ctures and
make the links between the letter shape and the initial lett er soun d 01 eoch objec . HOVin g a
go od grasp of individual letter sounds is vital in learn in t o wr ite an d spell .
Each unit has on accompanying copymaster in t he Teacher ' Book. wh ich supports o r

com p lements the w o rk d one in t he un it.


orne teaching features of t he book

There ar e 35 double-pag e un it s of work in this book. Thirteen units are devoted to the specif ic
teaching of lower case letter shapes, grouped together according t o the way t hey are formed ,
and 5 units to t eaching capital letter shapes. The facsimile unit below shows a typ ical unit
teaching lower case letter shapes.

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further act ivity fo r
reinfo rcement and
ext ra practice

un it number
and title

large o utline letter
with startin g po in t
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The letters t and u

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a line of pract ice letters,
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size of each letter

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id entifying and
di scri minoting letter
shap es taught in
context of whol e
alphabet

Record sheet
At the end of the book th ere is a simple record sheet . Encourage children to colou r in a ba llo o n
each time they successfully complete a unit of work .

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Contents

Scope and sequence
Introduction
Handwriting patterns
Unit 1

Handwriting patterns
Unit 2

Handwriting patterns
Unit 3

The letters i and I
Unit 4

The letters t and u
Unit 5

The letters j and y
Unit 6

The letters rand n

Unit 7

The letters hand b
Unit 8

The letters m and p
Unit 9

The letters c and 0
Unit 10

The letters a and 9
Unit 11

The letters d and q
Unit 12

The letters e and 5
Unit 13

The letters fond k
Unit 14

The letters v and w
Unit 15

The letters z and x
Unit 16

Alphabet practice (1)

Unit 17

Handwriting patterns
Unit 18

Handwriting patterns
Unit 19

Making words
Unit 20

Colours
and numbers
Unit 21

Parts of the body
Unit 22

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Fruit and vegetables
Rhymes
Unit 24

Capital letters A-F
Unit 25

Capital letters G-K
Unit 26

Capital letters L-P
Unit 27

Capital letters Q-U
Unit 28

Capital letters V-Z
Unit 29

Alphabet practice (2)
Unit 30

Days and months
Unit 31

Signs
Unit 32

Things
I can do
Unit 33

Transport
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Animals
Unit 35

Record sheet

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