Tuhituhi - Writing
In Tui Whānau, we explore a range of written texts across a variety of genres, including informational, explanation, narrative, persuasive, and descriptive. There are 7 elements that contribute to the quality of our writing and we focus on each of these.
This Week's Writing Tasks
Handwriting Tutorials
Want to practice and improve your handwriting skills?
Use these cursive handwriting tutorials.
Typing Tutorials
Want to develop your touch typing skills?
Try these Dance Mat Typing Tutorials from the BBC
Finished? Choose a prompt from Pobble 360 and do a quick write:
Planning Templates
The Writing Process
Plan and Prepare
What ideas do I have on this subject?
What details can I add to make it exciting and interesting?
What graphic organiser might help?
Organise and order
How will I organise my writing so it flows and makes sense?
What ideas link together?
Can I use paragraph breaks?
Write
Write quickly to get get your ideas down.
Recall spelling rules for words you know. underline words you're not sure the spelling of to check later.
Check your plan - have you captured everything you wanted to?
Re-read as you go.
Edit
by yourself,, with a buddy or friend, with the teacher, with your parents
Reread and check spelling, punctation, fix mistakes, add more detail, highlight your best words.
Recraft
What can I add in to enhance this piece of writing?
What should I take out to make it more precise?
Do I need to change anything around to make it flow better?
Publish
How will you share your writing with others?
book
blog
report
on the class site
slide
animation
Include a title, author, colour, borders and pictures.
Writing Elements
Text Structure
Sentence Structure
Organisation
Language Features
Punctuation
Vocabulary
Literacy Support
