1. The Writing Tutor Develop knowledge Develop motor skills
Prewriting activities
Simple sentences
Proofreading
Motivational writing

2. Motivational writing How do we encourage writing? Some techniques
Journals (Write-teach approach)
Start with pictures (Language Experience Approach)
Manipulatives (Sentence strips)

3. Develop motor skills
Many physical aspects of writing may interfere with the writing process and frustrate students’ productivity.
Involved
Some handwriting techniques are:
Arm and finger movements
Wrist and body positioning and strength
Fading dotted lines
Sentence strips
Talking through the process

4. Prewriting activities
Students are poor in planning skills (Graham & Harris)
Check students’ knowledge of subject
Talk with students about the paper development and genre
Diagramming the potential paragraph or paper

5. Simple sentences
Sentence structure needs to be developed systematically (outcome often matched to memory)
Inventive Spelling
Steps to sentence development
Teacher gives sentence – student identifies formula
Teacher gives sentence – student states formula or nonsentence
Teacher gives formula and opening – student finishes the sentence
Teacher gives formula – student gives sentence

6. Proofreading Poor reading makes it difficult to check one’s writing.
Avoid excessive corrections
Self-check questions
Did I include my information?
Are the paragraphs purposeful?
Are the paragraphs developed adequately?
Are the paragraphs varied sufficiently?
Does each sentence match the point of the paragraph?
Is each paragraph needed?

7. Summation Name two ways to build writing motivation.
Name one activity to improve handwriting.
Name one prewriting activity.
Why should we teach sentence formulas?
Name one idea for correcting a student’s work.