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Teaching Extended Writing
- Break the writing into manageable chunks.
- Teach at strategic points.
- Be explicit about the techniques and approaches good writers use.
- Dispense with starters unless they can be helpful.
- Design lessons to move pupils towards independence.
- Move between teaching and supporting the writing process.
- Model an aspect of composition if it is new to pupils.
- Include activities to help pupils gather, organise and sequence ideas.
- Teach cohesion and coherence techniques.
- Offer or gather connectives that will be useful for the work in hand.
- Support groups of writers as they write (Guided Writing)
Page Last Updated: 22 October 2003
