Techniques in Becoming a Great Writer! IEP (14+)

Each session is learner directed for 1 hour and incudes word/vocabulary extension games, a discussion and a story or rap/song. 
Once a week, we will work on reading strategies to use in writing.
Topic/Theme week of 5th May 2025 - speaking & listening exercises for writing.
Topic/Theme week of 12th May 2025 - Vocab development for rapping and freestyling.
Topic/Theme week of 19th May 2025 - Meter, pace and literary devices.
Topic/Theme week of 26th May 2025 - What is needed to write great stories, songs/rap, poetry and creative writing.
Topic/Theme week of 2nd June 2025 onwards - Note taking, essay writing, dictation, CV's & cover/formal letter writing, speed writing, script writing, debating & public speaking and writing for academic purposes. 
You will receive instruction on how to create your own creative pieces for performance.

READING & WRITING ABILITY ASSESSMENT. 
The 60 minute Reading & Writing Ability Test in the 2nd class; is not only to determine the reading and writing age but also, the category of reader; as there are 6 main categories in reading:

DEPENDENT (reader relies on an experienced reader for total help; like stories being read to them)
EMERGENT (reader still relies on experienced reader, starts to hold book upright and turn pages of books 'pretending' to read and starts to 'scribble')
INDEPENDENT (reader has sight word recognition, knows alphabet sounds, starts to read books with repeated words, forms coherent sentences)
FLUENT (reader reads with confidence, but still needs help with unfamiliar words, uses syllables, cluster consonant digraphs, starts to use dictionary and write own stories)
EXPERIENCED (reader can read fluently without help, knows how to work out unfamiliar words using many strategies including phonic knowledge and linguistic tools, uses dictionary & thesaurus, enjoys writing own stories, articles, is a good speaker and is speed reading).
SEASONED (reader is ready to take ELA/English Language exam at high school level and above and considering higher education).
Our interest in reading starts for some as young as 3 years old, as DEPENDENT readers; especially if parents are always reading. At this stage we would give our 3-year-old aspirant, lots of puzzles, painting, drawing & colouring, letter art, shopping lists, etc; because the world is surrounded by colour and shapes (the left brain sees the word as a shape and the right brain sees a picture to explain the word/sentence).
Let us not forget that reading and writing/composition go hand in hand; so, if you have a child that struggles with composition, they are 9 times out of 10 struggling with reading. From the age of 16 years old onwards, we should be SEASONED readers; once there isn't a cognitive deficit.