Tauranga Writing Tutor
Students need explicit teaching in the different components of writing, just because it is taught once does not mean a student understands the concept. Many students require revisiting and over learning of specific concepts.
Specific targeted areas for teaching
- Using grammar appropriately and effectively
- Punctuation
- What is a paragraph and writing effective paragraphs
- Develop effective proofreading and editing skills
- Explore a variety of genre; recounts, arguments, speeches, narrative through looking at quality models of writing
- Look at criteria for each specific genre
