Promoting Writing in the Primary Grades- Approaches and Activities by Janet Simon

Promoting Writing in the Primary Grades- Approaches and Activities


This lesson was very inciting as we dissected writing an had an autopsy done of the different genres of writing, styles of writing, purposes of writing of writing, audiences when writing and Teaching/learning activities which could be utilized for each genre of writing. Below is a table which represents the information gathered.

Genre	Style	Purpose	Audience	Teaching/Learning Activities
Story (Narrative)	Frozen- e.g the bible Formal Consultative Casual  Intimate	To entertain To relate an incident	General  Adult Children Teenagers Businesses Parents	Webbing/Graphic Organizers to organize thoughts based on elements of story writing.
Informational (Expository)	Frozen Formal Consultative Casual  Intimate	To inform  To educate	General  Adult Children Teenagers Businesses Parents	Themed activities such as being a News Anchor where students compile information to present to one another.
Descriptive	Frozen Formal Consultative Casual  Intimate	To describe To clarify	General  Adult Children Teenagers Businesses Parents	The 'Tell Me What I Am Hiding' activity where students describe the item which they intend to present to guide students to identifying what they have hidden.
Poetry	Frozen Formal Consultative Casual  Intimate	To design To relate feelings and ideas	General  Adult Children Teenagers Businesses Parents	The 'Poetic Justice' activity where students choose a topic and create a poem depending on the purpose mentioned and topic chosen to be presented to their classmates. Students can choose their groups or work individually.
Letters	Frozen Formal Consultative Casual  Intimate	To inform To clarify	General  Adult Children Teenagers Businesses Parents	The 'My Pen Pal' activity where students have the opportunity to write letters for different purposes to their class pen pals. They also have the opportunity to respond to the letters.
Journals	Frozen Formal Consultative Casual  Intimate	To describe To inform To relay feelings To take notes To document information	General  Adult Children Teenagers Businesses Parents	Students can utilize their journals to document how their day at school went or even to record information for subjects such as Science (Experiments) and Language Arts (The Writing Process).