Children's Writing theorists 0.0 / 5 ? English LanguageChild language acquisitionA2/A-levelAQA Created by: ex-LechiayimCreated on: 25-04-14 10:10 Kroll's Stages on the Development of Writing (1) Stage 1: Preparation Stage Masters basic motor skills Learns basic spelling principles Graphemes/Phonemes Stage 2: Consolidation Stage Writes in the same way it speaks Short, declarative sentences - includes mainly 'and' as conjunction Incomplete sentences. 1 of 10 Kroll's Stages on the Development of Writing (2) Stage 3: Differentiation Stage Aware of difference between speaking and writing Recognises different writing styles available Lots of mistakes Use writing guides Write to reflect thoughts and feelings Stage 4: Integration Stage Child develops personal style Understands that you can change your style according to audience and purpose 2 of 10 Barclay's Stages on the Development of Writing (1) Stage 1: Scribbling Stage Random marks on a page Writing and scribbles accompanied by speaking Stage 2: Mock Handwriting Stage Writing and drawings Wavy lines (understand lineation) Cursive writing Stage 3: Mock Letters Letters are seperate graphemes Stage 4: Conventional Letters Involves writing name as the first word Puts letters onto a page, is able to read it as words 3 of 10 Barclay's Stages on the Development of Writing (2) Stage 5: Invented Spelling Stage Child spells in the way they understand it should be spelt Own way of spelling Stage 6: Appropriate/Phonetic Spelling Stage Attatch spelling with sounds Phonetically Stage 7: Correct Spelling Stage Able to spell most words 4 of 10 Perera's Theory Chronological Rely on action words (verbs) Linking ideas using connectives Stories, diaries, instructions Considered to be easier. Non-Chronological Considered more difficult Relies on making logical connections between ideas Shopping list, mind maps, poems, report writing, cards. 5 of 10 Britton's Three Modes of Children's Writing First Mode Developed: Expressive Resembles speech Uses 1st person Second Mode Developed: Poetic Skills in crafting and shaping language - creative Phonological features - rhyme, rhythm and alliteration Descriptive devises - adjectives and similes Last Mode Developed: Transactional Dissociated speech from writing Academic essays Impersonal style and tone Third person Formal sentence structures Graphological features used to signpost sections and ideas 6 of 10 Rothery's Categories of Children's Writing (1) Observaion/Comment Writer makes an observation (I saw a Tiger) Follows this with an evaluative comment (it was very large) Sometimes mixes the two together (I saw a very large tiger) Recount Chronological sequence of events Recount of school trip Written subjectively (I) Orientation - Event - Orientation 7 of 10 Rothery's Categories of Children's Writing (2) Report Factual, objective description Tends to be non-chronological Narrative Story genre Set pattern: Orientation-Complication-Resolution-Coda (Coda not always added) Structural complexity, few children will achieve whole structure early on 8 of 10 Gentry's Spelling Stages (1) Stage 1: Precommunicative Stage Uses symbols from the alphabet but has no knowledge of letter-sound. Lack knowledge of entire alphabet Lack knowledge of distinction between upper and lower case letters Lack knowledge of left-to-right lineation Stage 2: Semiphonetic Stage Understand letter-sound correspondence Uses single letters to represent words (U = you) Stage 3: Phonetic Stage Letter/group of letters to represent every speech sound Some of their choices aren't standard English, still understood (kom for come, en for in) 9 of 10 Gentry's Spelling Stages (2) Stage 4: Transitional Stage Begins to understand conventional alternative for representing sounds From phonology to visual representation Understamd sturctures of words Egul for eagle. Higheked for hiked. Stage 5: Conventional Stage Knowledge of the English orthographic system and basic rules Understands prefixes, suffixes, silent consonants/vowels, alternative spellings, irregular spellings Generalisations of spellings and knowledge of exceptions to rules are usually correct 10 of 10
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