Developing Writing Skills
book 1 junior secondary
book 2 middle secondary
Developing Writing Skills Teacher's Resource Book
by Helen de Silva Joyce
Developing Writing Skills assists students to develop a broad range of writing skills with a particular focus on less abstract and more personally oriented texts.
Each student book has information and explanations to assist students with essential rules, definitions, processes and concepts, and an extensive range of exercises.
Each unit in Book 1 for junior secondary students has an extensive range of exercises which provide practice in:
§ identifying the features of written language
§ analysing text models
§ structuring whole texts
§ using grammar and vocabulary appropriate to different texts
§ writing texts for particular purposes
§ editing texts
The exercises in each of the units in Book 2 for middle secondary students focus on understanding and practising
§ identifying and using the language of abstraction
§ integrating opinion into impersonal texts
§ analysing text models
§ structuring whole texts
§ writing texts for particular purposes
§ editing texts
Answers to questions in both workbooks are provided in the Developing Writing Skills Teacher's Resource Book
As well as the answers to questions in the workbooks, Developing Writing Skills; Teachers Resource Book contains additional explanations, information and examples of text types for teachers, with additional exercises for guided practice, extension and assessment.
The guided practice is developed through
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·analysis of models texts
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activities to develop skills in structuring whole texts
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developing skills in the strategic use of vocabulary and grammar
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Developing Writing Skills Book 1 Contents
Using the workbook
Unit 1 The skills and elements of writing
The craft of writing
Developing writing skills
Writing for different purposes
Form follows function
Structuring texts
Example of a spoken recount
Example of a written recount
Example of a report
Making language work in texts
Levels within texts
Identifying paragraphs
Identifying sentences
Identifying verbs and clauses
Joining equal clauses
Joining unequal clauses
Identifying word groups within clauses
Working with nouns and noun groups
Working with verbs and verb groups
Working with phrases
Working with adverbial elements
Working with conjunctions
Working with pronouns
Unit 2 Telling stories through narratives
Identifying the structure of narratives
Identifying verbs in narratives
Sequencing events in narratives
Putting a point of view into narratives
Heroes, anti-heroes and messages in narratives
Writing a narrative
Unit 3 Personal responses to literature and art
Personal responses
Identifying elements of personal responses
Words that convey opinion and evaluation
Writing a personal response
Reviews
Identifying elements of reviews
Finding reviews
Words that convey judgement
Writing a review
Unit 4 Writing about the past
Biographical recounts
Identifying the structure of biographical recounts
Identifying language elements of biographical recounts
Evaluating the person’s life
Supporting evaluations with authority and evidence
Disguising judgements
Writing a biographical recount
Historical recounts
Identifying the structure of historical recounts
Identifying language elements in historical recounts
Packaging time
Evaluating a period of history
Writing a historical recount
Unit 5 Writing to instruct and record
Procedures
Identifying the structure of procedures
Identifying language elements of procedures
Accuracy in procedures
Writing a procedure
Procedural recounts
Identifying the structure of procedural recounts
Identifying language elements of procedural recounts
Packaging information in science
Being impersonal
Writing an impersonal procedural recount
Developing Writing Skills Book 2 Contents
Using the Developing Writing Skills workbooks
What you need to use this workbook
What is in the workbook
Unit 1 Elements of language
The writing process
What is grammar?
Identifying components of texts
Identifying components of sentences
Clauses
Verb groups
Noun groups
Circumstance
Unit 2 Working as a fiction writer
Creating mood
Painting pictures through noun groups
Painting pictures through the clause
Painting pictures through comparisons
Painting pictures through language patterns
Weaving descriptions into a story
Analysing descriptions
Writing a description
Describing landscape
Analysing landscape descriptions
Writing a landscape description
Describing characters
Analysing character descriptions
Writing a description of a character
Unit 3 Exploring experience through narratives
Narratives in English
The components of narratives
The structure of narratives
Taking your readers into the world of the story
Things go wrong
Making your readers care
Restoring order
Playing around with structure
The imaginary and the real
Characters in action
Heroes and antiheroes
Writing a narrative
Unit 4 Working as a factual writer
Comparing spoken and written language
Turning actions into things
Writing paragraphs
Building information into paragraphs
Passive voice
Holding paragraphs together
Things to avoid in formal writing
Expressing opinions in formal writing
Using other people’s ideas
Unit 5 Responses to literature and art
Interpretations
Interpreting works of art
The structure of interpretations
Analysing interpretations
Writing an interpretation
Critical responses
Critical responses to works of art
The structure of critical responses
Writing critical responses
Unit 6 Texts to organise and explain
Reports
Descriptive reports
Analysing a descriptive report
Taxonomic reports
Analysing a taxonomic report
Writing a report
Explanations
Sequence explanations
Analysing a sequence explanation
Writing a sequence explanation
The language of reasons and consequences
Consequence explanations about reasons
Consequence explanations about consequences
Unit 7 Texts to persuade
Historical accounts
The purpose and structure of historical accounts
Writing a historical account
Arguing a point of view
Expositions
Discussions
Challenges
Identifying a point of view
The language of argument
Writing a persuasive text
Editing and proofreading checklist
Developing Writing Skills Teacher’s Resource Book Contents
Introduction
1. Working with the elements of language
Information to share with students
Exercises with the elements of language
More work with texts
More work with paragraphs
More work with sentences
More work with clauses
More work with groups
More work with verb groups
More work with noun groups
More work with circumstances
2. Working towards cohesive texts
Information to share with students
Exercises with theme
Macrothemes
Macrothemes and paragraph themes
Clause themes
Exercises with nominalisation
Exercises in cohesion
3. Working to influence the readers
Information to share with students
Exercises with modality
Exercises with evaluation
Expressing feelings
Making judgements
Assessing qualities
Intensity
Extension work with the language of influence
4. Working with narrative structure
Information to share with students
Exercises with narrative structure
More work with orientations
Extension work with orientations
More work with complications
Extension work with complications
More work with evaluations
Extension work with evaluations
More work with resolutions
Extension work with resolutions
More work with codas
Extension work with codas
5. Working with media stories
Information to share with students
Exercises with media stories
Exercises with human interest stories
Extension work with media stories
Answers