Shared Writing 

 Purpose: 

• In shared writing the teacher and the students collaborate to compose and co-construct a text. 

• The student's role is to offer ideas and suggestions, and listen to the teacher as he/she makes decisions using his/her knowledge as a proficient writer. While considering and responding to these ideas, the teacher takes responsibility for recording the writing on a large piece of paper, board or screen and negotiating with the students which ideas will be incorporated into the text. 

• The teacher guides the discussion in an attempt to craft a well-structured, meaningful and effective piece of writing with the students.

Organisation

• The teacher takes responsibility for the recording of the new text, selecting suggestions offered by the students to guide the crafting of the text. 

• Teacher holds the pen and acts as a scribe.

• Teacher responds to the writing ideas generated by the students. 

• Teacher and students share the planning and decision-making needed to construct the text.

• This is a collaborative process between students, and teacher and students. The teacher assumes more than an equal role in which he/she enables students to develop and organise ideas.

• Teacher provides guidance and the student's discussion contributes to a growing awareness and understanding of the purpose, process or features of writing.