The Teaching of Writing at Basic Levels

By Moises Gonzalez

This presentation does not intend to

become a mandatory approach to follow. It
merely presents a proposal to teach
writing, and your local context might
require you to adapt the ideas provided in
this workshop.

Workshop Objective

To experience, as a learner, a systematic

approach to the process of writing so as
to enhance the teaching praxis.

Subtopics
Parts of the speech
From phonemes to sentences
Two principles: a contrastive analysis
From sentences to paragraph

Parts of speech
How many are them?
Which are them?
Whats their function?

Parts of Speech
1. n

5. a

2. v

6. p

3. a

7. c

4. a

8. i

Parts of Speech
1. nouns

5. articles

2. verbs

6. prepositions

3. adjectives

7. conjunctions

4. adverbs

8. interjections

From phonemes to
sentences
What can be found bet ween phonemes to
sentences?

From phonemes to
sentences
1 Phonemes
5 Sentences

From phonemes to
sentences
1. Phonemes (letters)
2. Syllables
3. Words (morphemes)
4. Phrases
5. Sentences

Two principles: a
contrastive analysis

Presentation switching

Video: The Paragraph Song

As you watch the video, think about and
answer the following questions:
Who is the audience of the video?
What age or school grade is the audience
of the video?

The Paragraph Song

Available at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivAvsXeJAqM

From Sentences to
Paragraph
Sentence:
S V (C).
Paragraph:
S V (C). S V (C). S
V (C). S V (C). S
V (C).

From Sentences to
Paragraph
1 Sentence
2?
3 Paragraph

From Sentences to
Paragraph
1 Sentence
2 Talking Points
3 Paragraph

From Sentences to
Paragraph
Sentence:
S V (C).
Talking Point:
S V (C) <> S V (C).
S V (C) <> S V (C) <> S V (C).
Paragraph
S V (C). S V (C). S V (C). S V (C). S V (C).

Talking Points
Examples:
Im from Zimapan, but I live in Pachuca.
Mom eats sugar-free products because
she is diabetic, so she needs to take care
of her glucose levels.

Connectors: Whats the right

moment to teach them?
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th semester?
Is it possible to teach them in all
semesters?

Talking Points - Connectors

1st Semester - Block I
Introducing Myself
My name is Moiss, but my friends call me Moi.
Im from Zimapan, but I live in Pachuca.
Im a teacher, and I work at COBAEH.
Im 34 years old. In fact, my birthday is on
January 15th.

Talking Points - Connectors

1st Semester - Block I
Introducing Myself
My name is Moiss, but my friends call
me Moi. Im from Zimapan, but I live in
Pachuca. Im a teacher, and I work at
COBAEH. Im 34 years old. In fact, my
birthday is on January 15th.

Talking Points - Connectors

1st Semester - Block I
Introducing Myself
My name is Moiss, but my friends call
me Moi. Im from La Ceiba, and I live
behind the elementary school, and I work
at COBAEH. Im 34 years old. In fact, my
birthday is on January 15th.

Connectors Punctuation
Mom is a tailor, and she mainly makes
womens clothes.
Students have to learn verbs, or they will
have problems to communicate.

Connectors Punctuation
Mom is a tailor, and she mainly makes
womens clothes.
Students have to learn verbs, or they will
have problems to communicate.