Mnemonics

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Research by Malpique and Veiga Simao (2019) shows that using mnemonics is an effective strategy for increasing writing quality, the development and organisation of ideas, and the language clarity of students’ persuasive writing. The use of mnemonics is commonly used … Continued

Creating Writer’s Checklists

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Jagaiah et al. (2019) suggest developing a series of checklists as a way of supporting students who find the writing process difficult. Ideally, these checklists should be constructed in conjunction with the student. The construction of the checklist is a … Continued

Dysgraphia

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Dysgraphia is a Greek word: ‘dys’ meaning ‘impaired’, ‘graph’ meaning ‘to write’ and ‘ia’ meaning ‘the condition of’.  Dysgraphia, therefore, is a specific learning disability that affects writing. It can include difficulties with handwriting, spelling and/or expressing thoughts in writing … Continued

Writing Genres

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In completing any writing task, you need to consider the purpose (inform, entertain, persuade, instruct) and the audience as your style of writing needs to vary accordingly. Once students have been taught different forms of writing, they can practise these … Continued

Narrative Writing: Student Example

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The following amazing short story was written by 11 year old Josh (with diagnosed dyslexia) after completing a 6 week Writing Creatively program. We brainstormed the story, but Josh then typed the story completely unassisted. The only editing to the … Continued