Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h15BphP00066; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 06:51:43 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 06:51:43 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <20030205.064013.-447639.0.arconn@juno.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: arconn@juno.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8499] Re: writing in class X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Juno 5.0.33 Status: O Content-Length: 1166 Lines: 22 Writing in ESL class: I do it every day. At first they copy from the board: "Today is Wednesday, February 5th, 2003. Today is a school day." I make sure the students know what it says. They read it in unison and separately. After the first week, I check their copying for capital letters and spelling. When they are ready, I add;"yesterday WAS......... This way students learn to spell the days of the week and the months. They learn present and past tense. They learn numbers , capital letters and periods. With more advanced beginners, we brainstorm and describe ME. First my outside (words on the board are: short, wearing a red dress, black shoes etc.) Then my insides ( smiles, is funny etc) Then they write a paragraph using these words ( or others from the board. This is not intimidating. by this time, they know about capital letters and periods. I do not correct spelling. From there we go onto writing about themselves and then into answering brief questions in full sentences and then to what they want to write: maybe friendly letters, maybe notes to school, maybe a cover letter for a job, maybe a letter of complaint etc.
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