I haV A kat Its name is jojo. Jojo likes To pley with a Bal.

the Bal is Yello in Kaler, Yello is jojos faveret kaler.i like jojo very much.

Based on a childs writing above, identify 3 problems in the writing above and give examples of the errors. Suggest activities to improve the problems. Aspects Examples of errors Suggested activities

1. Capitalisation

a) the

a) ballet

b) jojo

b) Capitalisation people

2. Punctuation

a) kat Its

a) Punctuation people

b) the Bal

b) Punctuation ballet

3. Spelline

a) hav - have

a) Build words with lego

b) pley - play

b)

Essay questions

a) Compare and contrast a guided writing and controlled writing. Justify your answers. b) Suggest at least 2 activities for each writing. Elaborate and show examples. Suggested answers: a) Controlled writing 1. Maximal teacher input and minimal pupil input. 2. focuses on establishing grammatical patterns, sentence structure, punctuation and word order. 3. Individual activity 4. Able to teach one knowledge at a time Guided writing 1. More learner input. 2. based on what they have

previously been learning about the writing process.

3. group activity. Children are grouped with similar needs. 5. Step by step

b) Suggested activities for controlled writing: - Using substitution table He goes to the factory the school the office the farm late at night early in the morning at 7.30 am at 8.30am

Question and answer technique

Filling in the blanks based on a map given

a) The post office is__________ the field and bank. b) The shop is___________ the road. c) The school is_________ my house_

c) Suggested activities for guided writing: - Passage with scaffolded frame Once there was a __________________named____________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ __________lived___________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________

Picture prompts where teacher shows a picture that will intrigue the pupils in the topic that will be learnt. Get pupils to brainstorm ideas for them to write later on.

- Parallel sentences: write correct model sentences on the blackboard, and the students re-write the sentences, making it true for themselves. Example: My name is Ali and I am nine. I have three brothers and we live in a small house. My name is