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PM Writing. Linking reading to writing. September 2007. Linking reading to writing in the first three years of school. PM Writing – the approach. PM Writing is a core writing program for the first three years of school. The program adopts the whole–part–whole approach for daily writing:
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PM Writing Linking reading to writing September 2007
Linking reading to writingin the first three years of school PM Writing September 07
PM Writing – the approach • PM Writing is a core writing program for the first three years of school.The program adopts the whole–part–whole approach for daily writing: • Whole – modelled, shared and interactive writing • Part – guided writing, small group, paired or independent writing • Whole – class shared time PM Writing September 07
PM Writing – components • 3 x Exemplars for Teaching Writing(large format books) • 54 x Levelled Exemplar Texts(Levels 5–25; 16 pages; dual level; dual texts from levels 16/17 onwards) • 3 x Student Books • 3 x Teachers’ Resource Booksinclude: • Interactive Writing Pro Formas (IWB) and Lesson Planner (CD-ROM) • PM Writing Teaching in Practice (Indexed videos modelling teaching strategies for writing) (DVD) • total of 66 components across program PM Writing September 07
PM Writing – component overview 1st year of school 2nd year of school 3rd year of school Exemplars for Teaching Writing (large format) Exemplars for Teaching Writing (large format) Exemplars for Teaching Writing (large format) 18 Levelled Exemplar Books (levels 5-12) 18 Levelled Exemplar Books (levels 14-19) 18 Levelled Exemplar Books (levels 20-25) Student Book Student Book Student Book Teachers’ Resource Book (incl Lesson Planner and Interactive Writing Pro Formas; Teaching in Practice DVD) Teachers’ Resource Book (incl Lesson Planner and Interactive Writing Pro Formas; Teaching in Practice DVD) Teachers’ Resource Book (incl Lesson Planner and Interactive Writing Pro Formas; Teaching in Practice DVD) PM Writing September 07
PM Writing – text types PM Writing September 07
PM Writing – Exemplars for Teaching Writing • Large format books for whole class and small group modelled, shared and guided sessions • Include text type exemplars designed for teachers to model the conventions of written language • Present and deconstruct the text structure and language features of the eight text types taught in PM Writing • 3 double-page spreads for eachtext type (48 pages in total) PM Writing September 07
PM Writing – Exemplars for Teaching Writing Text Presentation page PM Writing September 07
PM Writing – Exemplars for Teaching Writing Text Structure page highlights structural elements of the text type PM Writing September 07
PM Writing – Exemplars for Teaching Writing Language Features page highlights key language features of the text type PM Writing September 07
PM Writing – Levelled Exemplar Texts • Designed for use in modelled, shared, guided and independent writing sessions as well as for use in independent reading • Present genre, text types, text structures and text forms • Reinforce the conventions of written language modelled in the Exemplars for Teaching Writing • Levelled in accordance with PM levelling criteria so that students can read with success and use them successfully as models for their own writing. PM Writing September 07
PM Writing – Levelled Exemplar Texts Level indicator Text Type PM Writing September 07
PM Writing – Levelled Exemplar Texts Key Learning Area, Theme Text Type, Text Form, Genre, Purpose Text Structure Language Features Other texts in the same bridging colour level listed PM Writing September 07
PM Writing – Levelled Exemplar Texts PM Writing September 07
PM Writing – Levelled Exemplar Texts PM Writing September 07
PM Writing – Student Books • Include writing scaffolds for the planning, drafting, revising, editing and publishing stages of writing each of the text types explicitly taught at each year of school • Reinforce the knowledge and skills students have gained through exposure to the Exemplars for Teaching Writing and Levelled Exemplar Books • Provide a range of activities designed to consolidate and extend students’ knowledge of the text structure and language features of each text type PM Writing September 07
PM Writing – Student Books scaffolded pages for planning and drafting for the text types taught at each year of school questions prompt students as they structure their texts PM Writing September 07
PM Writing – Student Books editing checklists for text structure and language features scaffolded page for revising PM Writing September 07
PM Writing – Student Books activity pages based on text structure or language features of the text type publishing page activity pages link to the Exemplars for Teaching Writing or Levelled Exemplar Texts PM Writing September 07
PM Writing – Teachers’ Resource Books • Comprehensive lessons for whole class, small group and independent reading and writing sessions • Lessons based around text types and themes • Developmentally appropriate assessment guidelines for the first three years of school that provide a continuum of learning • Interactive Writing Pro Formas designed for use on interactive whiteboards, data projectors and PCs (CD-ROM) • Lesson Planner(CD-ROM) • PM Writing Teaching in Practice indexed video clips demonstrating teaching strategies for writing PM Writing September 07
PM Writing – Interactive Writing Pro Formas • Designed for use on interactive whiteboards, data projectors and PCs • Suitable for whole class and small group shared writing sessions • Pro formas for each text type highlight text structure and key language features, providing an environment in which students can actively contribute to the writing process and work alongside the teacher to construct meaningful texts • Images can be imported into the pro formas to stimulate students’ imagination as they construct texts • Key language features can be colour-coded within texts • Completed texts can be published, exported to Word and printed • Supplied on CD inside the back cover of the Teachers’ Resource Books PM Writing September 07
PM Writing – Interactive Writing Pro Formas vocabulary examples provided for each key language feature (these can be added to and saved) pop up Teacher Focus notes provided key language features can be colour-codedwithin text PM Writing September 07
PM Writing – Interactive Writing Pro Formas the Publish screen bringsall of the text together key language feature colour-coding carries across from previous screen PM Writing September 07
PM Writing – Lesson Planner • Allows teachers to organise lesson plans and assign small-group reading and writing tasks to students • Supplied on CD inside the back cover of the Teachers’ Resource Books PM Writing September 07
PM Writing – why dual levels? • The PM Writing Levelled Exemplar Texts have been dual levelled to: • give the authors more flexibility to use sentence structures that flow in natural language • ensure that the meticulous grading of the PM Story Books remains as constant as possible • allow the authors to present to young readers text type exemplars that include correct language features, thereby enabling them to use the books as models for their own writing. PM Writing September 07
PM Writing – unique selling points • PMnow explicitly links the reading and writing processes • offers teachers a complete guided writing program for the first three yearsof school • takes students along a continuum of learning to write • provides teachers with a high level of instructional support • includes Levelled Exemplar Texts featuring text type exemplarsthat students can read with success and use as models for their own writing • has a strong assessment focus PM Writing September 07
