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E12
1. The role of the teacher
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A MOTIVATOR
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motivate ss
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get ss involved in
creating activity
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help ss generate
ideas
A RESOURCE
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provide information
& language
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offer advice &
suggestions
A FEEDBACK
PROVIDER
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give feedback on ss’
writing tasks with
special care
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respond positively &
encouragingly to the
content of ss’ written
work
2. KINDS OF WRITING IN GRADE 12
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CONTROLLED
WRITING
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gap-filling
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re-ordering
sentences
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sentence-
building
FREE WRITING
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letter writing
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paragraph writing
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report writing
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giving instructions
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describing chart /
book / a sporting
event
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3. Some problems with free writing
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A. Many students find it quite difficult
because of
1. having no / lack of ideas
2. limited vocabulary to express opinions
3. disability of using structures ,style or
language in English standards
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B. Students would probably approach the
task in different ways and produce a
wide variety of different paragraphs
4. Approaching the free-writing task
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SELECTING THE
CONTENT
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analyze the topic
(instruction/ key
terms / the aspect of
the topic)
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find & select IDEAS
(brainstorming// finding
more ideas)
ORGANIZING
IDEAS
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classify ideas
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select relevant
ideas
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rank ideas
SELECTING THE
LANGUAGE
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select simple & correct English
vocabulary in terms
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prepare some common
clauses / sentence connectors /
expressions
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ensure to have a good grasp of
the essential grammar points
(tenses / passive / parts of
speech / structure)
FACILITATING
WRITING
TASKS
Tasks adaptation and
implementation
1- Making tasks easier:
- Breaking down tasks
- Scaffoldoing
- Lowering requirements
2- Making tasks more challenging/more
interesting
Solutions:
Teachers should help students
progress beyond very controlled
writing to freer writing by guiding their
writing ( GUIDED WRITING)
+ Giving cues.
+ Giving a short text as a model.
+ Doing oral preparation for the writing.
MODELLING
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1. Reading a model and noticing certain
grammatical features / vocabulary / useful
expressions / text organisation / style…
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2. Putting different parts of the text onto a
writing frame
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3. Sequencing a jumbled text
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4. Comparing and contrasting two forms
of text of the same genre
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discussing
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brainstorming
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observing and
interpreting photos
or artwork
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watching video
clips
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using writing
templates/ frames
/ cloze exercises
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mapping
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Brain writing
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Using matrix
Some examples of oral
preparation for the writing
Brainstorming:
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Getting Ss’ ideas on
paper so they can
give themselves the
widest range of topics
possible
Clustering: mapping out ideas
Environment
destruction
Air pollution
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Waste
disposal
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deforestation
Animal
endangered
……
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