Chapter 3: Writing Skills
What you need to learn in this chapter
This chapter focuses on developing students' writing skills, enabling them to form letters and words in neat, legible print, including cursive writing. It covers the ability to write using appropriate language, form, and style for various purposes. Students will learn to create and present ideas through a variety of media for different purposes, applying appropriate language and style.
The chapter also includes guidance on creating simple non-linear and linear texts, such as descriptions and lists, and emphasizes correct punctuation, including the use of capital letters, full stops, and question marks. Students will practice completing linear texts (e.g., descriptions, rhymes) and non-linear texts (e.g., forms, lists) with guidance.
Additionally, students will write with guidance to compose linear descriptions and non-linear lists. The chapter covers the development of skills in justifying decisions, demonstrating psychomotor skills (e.g., fine motor control and shape discrimination), and improving spelling and handwriting.
Key components of the chapter include understanding and applying various grammar concepts such as adjectives, adverbs, articles, nouns (both common and proper), complex sentences, conjunctions, prepositions, and punctuation. Students will also focus on spelling rules, subject-verb agreement, and writing both in simple and complex sentence structures.
Through activities such as cloze passages, text completion, and proofreading, students will refine their ability to write coherently and accurately, fostering their overall writing proficiency.
Topics in this chapter
1. Able to form letters and words in neat legible print including cursive writing
What you will learn in this topic
- Able to demonstrate psychomotor skills: (i) fine motor control of hands and fingers (ii) shape discrimination to distinguish letters
- Able to copy in neat legible print with correct spelling: (i) words (ii) phrases (iii) sentences
- Able to write in neat legible print with correct spelling (i) words (ii) phrases (iii) simple sentences
- Able to write numbers in numeral and word forms : (i) cardinal numbers (1 - 20) (ii) ordinal numbers (1st - 10th)
- Able to spell words by applying spelling rules
- Able to write in neat cursive writing with correct spelling
2. Able to write using appropriate language, form and style for a range of purposes
What you will learn in this topic
- Able to punctuate correctly: capital letters, full stop and question mark
- Able to complete: linear texts: descriptions, rhymes and non-linear texts: forms, lists
- Able to write with guidance: (i) linear - descriptions (ii) non-linear - lists
- Able to write and justify decisions with guidance
3. Able to create and present ideas through a variety of media for different purposes using appropriate language, form and style
What you will learn in this topic
- Able to create simple non-linear and linear texts using a variety of media with guidance: descriptions and lists
4. Adjective
5. Adverb
6. Article
7. Cloze Passage / Text Completion
8. Common Noun and Proper Noun
9. Complex Sentence
10. Conjunction
11. Countable Noun and Uncountable Noun
12. Demonstrative Pronoun
13. Determiner
14. Essay
15. Gender
16. Personal Pronoun
17. Possessive Case
18. Possessive Pronoun and Possessive Adjective
19. Prefix and Suffix
20. Preposition
21. Punctuation
22. Simple Sentence
23. Singular Noun and Plural Noun
24. Spelling
25. Subject-Verb Agreement
26. Verb
27. Verb To Be
28. Verb To Have
29. WH-Question (Interrogative Pronoun)
30. Writing Subjective
31. Proofreading
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