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HOW TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MY WRITING
Highlighters, if used properly can have a huge impact on a student in terms of developing their extended writing skills. They should be used to highlight the connectives needed when addressing a specific command term.
For example, if you are asked to compare and contrast, once you have finished your answer, highlight the connectives you have used to answer the question properly. If you only highlight one/two connectives, then you most likely haven't answered the question properly which means your answer can be improved. If on the other hand, you have 4/5 connectives highlighted, then you know you are answering the question right in terms of skill requirements.
Top tips for students:
Use a different colour highlighter to address a different skill
For example - orange - effect (as a result/therefore/this could lead to)
Green - evaluation - to conclude, my most important reason, short term/long term, however, even though
Blue - application/linking - data/facts/figures/stats/ key information from a case study
Yellow - compare and contrast - connectives that either compare or contrast
Watch the examples below.
Intervention
Once students understand how to address each command term and have been given opportunities to develop these skills, teachers will mark the quality of their work and identify what has to be done in order for them to improve. Based on the needs of each student, it is very important that personalised intervention is put in place to help so that they can work towards achieving their potential.
For students who find extended writing difficult, they will most likely benefit from the use of writing frames, sample answers, tools that will help them plan their answer as well as a strong focus on spelling, punctuation and grammar. The use of highlighters can allow for students to become more resilient and take more ownership for the quality of work they are producing.
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