The use of Virtual Learning Environment in teaching “Writing skills” at Middle School Level - Illustrated with the writing of a narrative paragraph. Kalai Selvi Arivalagan

What is Virtual learning environment? “Virtual learning environment is a collection of integrated tools enabling the management of online learning, providing a delivery mechanism, student tracking, assessment, and access to resources.” (JISC, 2005)‏

6 + 1 Traits of Writing 1) Ideas and Content 2) Organization 3) Voice 4) Word Choice 5) Sentence Fluency 6) Conventions 7) Presentation

Types of Writing Descriptive writing Narrative writing Informative writing Persuasive writing

Writing Process Pre-writing - Brainstorming, Clustering, Graphic organizers. Drafting Revising Editing Publishing

SIX TRAIT ANALYTICAL WRITING RUBRIC

Writing Skills Acquired Recognizing their opinions, ideas and thoughts Organizing ideas Using proper sentence construction Employing appropriate tenses Following conventions of punctuations Choosing appropriate transition words