
Copying or tracing over a model sentence and drawing an appropriate image to match.Some of these can also be modified for older EAL/D students with limited English language proficiency and/or limited formal learning. The following strategies are useful for early years EAL/D students who are new to formal written literacy or who are unfamiliar with the Latin script. the student’s stage of literacy development in any languages.The type of scaffolding needed to support EAL/D students' writing is influenced by three factors: Depending on their prior schooling experience, an EAL/D learner might need explicit instruction in either one or both authorial and secretarial aspects of writing. Supporting EAL/D learners in the writing processĮAL/D students begin learning English at different points in their lives. Instituting a writing classroom that involves a writing process of planning, drafting or composing, revising or editing, and publishing, actively involves students in purposeful writing around which both their authorial and secretarial skills and understandings can develop. It focuses their attention, even in the very early years of school, on the need to be attentive to authorial and secretarial aspects of writing, defined by Daffern and Mackenzie (2015) as embracing:Įarly research around embedding the writing process into classroom practice (Graves, 1994 Calkins, 1994) highlights high levels of student engagement with writing when their interests are legitimated and their topic choices are honoured. The recognition of the writing process engages students in writing for specific personal or social purposes and alerts students to the conscious and considered creation of texts. Rationale for a focus on the writing process It is this writing process-from planning to publication-that provides a template for thinking about supporting students as writers in the classroom.Įxamples of student's work. Publishing: the preparation of the text for sharing with an audience, with attention given to the form and style of the text.Editing and proofreading: the polishing of the draft in readiness for publication, which includes editing for spelling, text layout, grammar, capitalisation and punctuation.Revising: the revisiting of the text (often as a result of feedback from peers and/or the teacher) to improve and enhance the writing.Drafting or composing: the recording of ideas with attention to meaning making, grammar, spelling, punctuation and handwriting (or keyboarding).

