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*A child must have the motor skills- being able to hold and control a pen.

*Be able to form letters including upper and lower case.

*Know the importance of letter direction e.g. b,d – p,q

*Lineation – being able to write in a straight line and space out words.

Punctuate- understand writing needs a comma, full stop where they pause when they speak.

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*Preparation (6 years)
*Consolidation (7/8 years)
*Differentiation (9/10 years)
*Integration (Mid teens)

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*Expressive
Resembles speech.

*Poetic
Rhythm, alliteration, adjectives

*Transactional
3rd Person, formal sentences and chronological

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*Scribbling
*Mock Handwriting
*Mock Letters
*Conventional Letters
*Invented Spelling
*Appropriate Spelling
*Correct Spelling

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*Observation/Comment
The writer makes an observation and followed with a comment, or combines the two.

*Recount
Chronological sequence of events and has a set pattern of Orientation-Event-Reorientation.

*Report
A factual and objective description of events or things. Tends not to be chronological

*Narrative
A story genre where the scene is set for events to be resolved