Writing

Throughout 2011 writing will be a large focus for Tauranga Intermediate Students. These documents are asTTle assessment rubrics and exemplars of students writing. By the end of Year 8 the National Standard for student writing is level 4P. If your child is currently working towards this level these documents help outline the next steps in your child's learning.

Please note that it is important for your child to make realistic targets with their writing and work towards their next steps. If their writing demonstrates that they are working on 'Language Resources level 2A' their target needs to focus on, how do I get to a Level 3? e.g. I need to use more variety in my sentence structures, beginnings and lengths.

Please check in on your child's Learning Journal Wiki every so often and ask them questions about their writing e.g. Can you show me where you have used a compound or complex sentence? Do you know why you used an exclamation there? Can you explain to me the reason for placing commas here? Who is your audience and how does your writing show this? Please encourage your child to write, computers allow us to make posters, diary's, comics, avatars that speak, presentations and so much more. Making writing fun is an investment that will pay excellent returns in the future.