1. 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

2. 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)‏

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

4. Types of Writing Descriptive writing Narrative writing
Informative writing
Persuasive writing

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

15. SIX TRAIT ANALYTICAL WRITING RUBRIC

16. 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