Chapter 4: Writing Skills
What you need to learn in this chapter
This chapter focuses on helping students develop the skills to communicate clearly and effectively through both print and digital media on familiar topics. The key emphasis will be on using appropriate language, form, and style in various contexts, ensuring that students are equipped to explain content, express opinions, and organize ideas effectively.
Students will learn to summarize the main points of a simple story, text, or plot, enabling them to convey key ideas in a concise and clear manner. They will also practice making and responding to simple requests and suggestions, fostering their ability to engage in basic conversations and exchange information.
An essential part of the chapter involves expressing emotions and feelings, such as happiness, sadness, surprise, and interest, allowing students to articulate their thoughts more vividly and personally in written form. They will also work on organizing and sequencing ideas within short texts, ensuring coherence and logical flow in their writing.
Students will practice punctuation and spelling with moderate accuracy, refining their attention to detail in written work. The chapter will also guide students in producing a plan or draft of two paragraphs or more, helping them learn how to organize their ideas before drafting and how to modify their work either independently or in response to feedback.
By the end of this chapter, students will be able to communicate intelligibly through various media, summarize and express their opinions on familiar topics, and demonstrate a greater sense of confidence and clarity in their written communication.
Topics in this chapter
1. Communicate Intelligibly Through Print and Digital Media on Familiar Topics
What you will learn in this topic
- Explain Simple Content From What They Have Read
- Make and Respond to Simple Requests and Suggestions
- Summarise The Main Points of a Simple Story, Text or Plot
- Express Opinions and Common Feelings Such as Happiness, Sadness, Surprise, and Interest
- Organise, and Sequence Ideas Within Short Texts on Familiar Topics
2. Communicate with Appropriate Language, Form and Style
What you will learn in this topic
- Punctuate Written Work with Moderate Accuracy
- Spell Written Work with Moderate Accuracy
- Produce a Plan or Draft of Two Paragraphs or More and Modify This Appropriately Either in Response to Feedback or Independently
- No Learning Standard (Will Be Taught in Subsequent Years)
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