Learning to Write

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Learning to Write

• Like reading this is a skill that must be taught.
• B.M. KROLL (1981) divided the process of learning
  to write into 4 stages.

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Stage 1 - Preparatory

• Up to 6 years old
• When the child learns the physical skills
  required to write and the basics principles of
  the spelling system

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Stage 2 - Consolidation

• Ages 6-8
• When children write as they speak
• They use short DECLARATIVE SENTENCES
• Sentences are grammatically incomplete
• They use simple CONJUNCTIONS e.g. and, then, so

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Stage 3 - Differentiation

• Age 8 mid teens
• They become more aware of differences between
  speech and writing
• More confident use of grammatical structures
• More complex sentences including SUBORDINATE
  CLAUSES and more sophisticated connectives
• Begin to adapt writing to audience and purpose

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Stage 4 - Integration

• Age mid teens and upwards
• Personal style is more developed
• Writing adapted confidently to different
  situations