Objectives of the book
The overall aim of this book is to help teachers to guide children
through the stages of writing to become confident independent
writers. We have worked with primary teachers of English
throughout the world and have identified a number of main areas of
concern for teachers. To try and address these concerns we have
designed activities including early handwriting skills, ways to
interest children in writing English, and strategies to encourage
extended writing. Once children have mastered the mechanics of
writing, they need opportunities to write independently and
creatively using the vocabulary and structures they know. This book
contains many activities which could provide supplementary
material to coursebooks, or material to build into a course plan in
schools where a coursebook is not used. Some of the activities may
be useful in overcoming particular difficulties experienced by
individual children, or provide appropriate extension work for use
in class or for homework to consolidate and reinforce skills.
Children learn to write in English in a number of contexts, for
example:
- children who are still learning to write in their mother tongue,
which uses the Roman alphabet, and who are now learning to
write in English
- children who are still learning to write in their mother tongue,
which does not use the Roman alphabet, and who are now
learning to write in English
