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How to develop childrens writing ability??
You cant write sentences unless you have said them, you cant say them unless you have heard them. Using Pie Corbetts process, children build up a bank of texts, both fiction and non-fiction which they learn orally.
They can then tell the stories fluently, can discuss and evaluate the stories, and they gain a bank of vocabulary from which they can utilise to create their own verbal texts.
Pie corbett guided writing
The system follows three keys stages:
imitation
innovation
independent application
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I have done this process several times with different age groups and I am amazed at the progress my students make.
I usually teach new entrants / year 1s but have done this with year 4 and 5 also. My year 1s this year normally write about 3 short sentences before they give up. By using Talk for Writing they develop longer sentences using the key vocabulary that has been reinforced using actions duri