Student Writing Activity

 

Note: This resource is designed to be used with tutor support.


* The session plan below is based on a method used by a tutor in Palmerston North to encourage student writing.

 

 

 

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During literacy tuition, students are learning new words, how to pronounce them, how to spell them, what they mean and how to use them in context.
The words learnt during a learning session can be used to motivate writing, either in the form of constructing single sentences or writing a story. This reinforces learning and improves understanding of the words.
This session plan should be adapted according to the student’s ability and the resources available. The time schedule mentioned in the session plan is for a group learning session and may take some students more then one learning session to complete.
 

  Session Plan:
Student Writing Activity
(Word File 40kb)

 Session Plan:

(PDF 82kb)

Newspaper articles featuring adult literacy learners that could be used for this activity include:

 

  • Changing Lives
    - An article featuring adult learners, Lana Tutaki, Koralee Tamati and Brenda-Leigh Curry from the Whanganui Learning Centre
    11/03/10 - Penny Robinson, River City Press, Whanganui
  • Programme helps break literacy barrier
    - An article featuring Pam King of Southern Adult Literacy.
    07/09/09 - Shirley Whyte, Southland Times
  • World Literacy Day Celebrations
    -  An article written by Amelia Langford, an adult literacy tutor in training with Buller Adult Reading in Westport.
    08/09/09 - Amelia Langford, Westport News
  • Literacy classes open books, doors for Sue
    - An article featuring Sue Frost of Taranaki Adult Literacy Services.
    10/09/09 - Kirsty Johnston, Taranaki Daily News

 

Note: This activity can also be used in a one-to-one learning session.
Student writing produced from this activity can be further used as a reading resource.
Examples of Student Writing:

 
   
 

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