THE LITERACY LOUNGE ~ INSPIRING THE JOY OF TEXT

WRITING

Writing is a highly complex skill. It can be factual or extremely creative. Like reading, writing fundamentally underpins all curricular activities. Through written competence and creativity all areas of life skills are accessible.

There are many stages to confident writing. They include:

  • Generating ideas and drafting
  • Using simple sentences, progressing to complex sentences and paragraphs
  • Using punctuation for clarity and effect
  • Developing vocabulary to use in literary images and techniques
  • Presenting texts in a variety of ways, both factual and fictional
  • Editing skills and proof reading
  • Using the conventions of Standard English
  • Grammatical accuracy and appropriate spelling
  • Analysis of linguistic forms