Specialised Bespoke Writing Development Coaching

If your learner struggles with writing and needs to develop their vocabulary, and build confidence in writing then this course is for them.

This multi-day English writing composition coaching is based on the curriculum objectives expected of children ages 7 to 10.

This course will focus on the key requisite area's of writing:

1) Writing
2) Reading
3) Comprehension
4) Written Composition
5) Hand Writing and Presentation
6) Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation

This course will seek to use a colourful array of writing prompts both visual and written to encourage your learner to experiment and develop written idea's.

The course will be taught in a small intimate group setting where learners compliment each other, to ensure a cohesive learning environment.

I am a fully licensed and qualified English Language and Literature teacher, with a long rooted history in working with the younger age group to promote confidence and risk taking in the world of written language.

This course will engage children to become naturally inquisitive about the power and effect of the written words. They will know how develop the following core skills and traits of the written language:

1) Construct sentences and paragraphs that convey detailed information in a well crafted thought out manner.
2) Learn to edit and proof read one's own work, learning to self correct therefore raising awareness of the importance of grammar, spelling and punctuation.
3) Know the difference between the spoken and written word, and understand the difference between informal/formal language and judiciously select the appropriate vocabulary.
4) Keenly investigate language options and increase vocabulary by learning the meaning of new words, and apply using them in a variety of different contexts.
5) Understand the different components and language features of different written compositions; letters, diaries, poems, descriptive writing, narratives, persuasive writing, informative writing, and writing to explain.
6) Asking questions to improve their understanding of a text
7) Drawing inferences such as inferring characters' feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justifying inferences with evidence.
8) Comprehension of texts - predicting what might happen from details stated and implied.
9) Preparing poems and play scripts to read aloud and to perform, showing understanding through intonation, tone, volume and action.
10) Discussing words and phrases that capture the reader’s interest and imagination.
11) Recognising some different forms of poetry.
12) Discussing writing similar to that which they are planning to write in order to understand and learn from its structure, vocabulary and grammar.
13) Discussing and recording ideas.
14) Draft and write by: composing and rehearsing sentences orally (including dialogue), progressively building a varied and rich vocabulary and an increasing range of sentence structures .
15) Organising paragraphs around a theme
16) Investigating and creating narratives, creating settings, characters and plot.
17) In non-narrative material, using simple organisational devices
18) Evaluate and edit by: assessing the effectiveness of their own and others’ writing and suggesting improvements.
19) Proposing changes to grammar and vocabulary to improve consistency, including the accurate use of pronouns in sentences
20)  Proofread for spelling and punctuation errors.
21) Read their own writing aloud, to a group or the whole class, using appropriate intonation and controlling the tone and volume so that the meaning is clear.

As a multi-day course, each of these elements will be incorporated into each lesson, the course is over 10 weeks and will be structured in the following way:

Week 1 TBA 01 January - Constructing and building different sentence types.
Week 2 TBA 07 January - Building, organising and planning paragraph contents.
Week 3 TBA 14 January - Homophones and beginning to recognise commonly mi-spelt words.
Week 4 TBA 21 January - Punctuation, how and where to use it.
Week 5 TBA 28 January - Connectives and conjunctions, how to increase written output.
Week 6 TBA 28 January - Exploring informal letter writing and vocabulary.
Week 7 TBA 07 February - Crafting and constructing characters, and plots in a narrative.
Week 8 TBA 14 February - Developing setting, plot, extending vocabulary to produce a short story.
Week 9 TBA 21 February - Comprehension of a diary extract, know and understand the features of a diary and produce independent writing composition.
Week 10 TBA 28 February - Plan, organise and develop an informal letter applying grammar rules learnt in previous sessions.

Learns will have a stronger command of building and delivering independent written compositions by the end of the first course.

This initial course will build a strong foundation for part 2 of the course that will cover further written genres and different written compositions. 

Resources
I use a wade variety of resources from photo prompts, short popular extracts, audio and other visual resources to stimulate my learners.

My teaching approach
I'm a gentle teacher that is constructive but with a heavy focus on praise and building a trusting relationship with my learners. Learners learn when they feel comfortable and are engaged and this is my primary goal in the classroom. With a great relationship learning follows.