The 3 writing strategies I learn from today’s lesson are POW, TREE and Hamburger.

After writing, I can use ARMS to review the writing and COPS to check for editing.

I look forward to Ms Lian section of the lecture because she demonstrate ‘I Do’ very well!

Thank you!

1.     To create a conducive environment for writing to take place, such as providing tools, writing materials and message board to encourage our students to write and display their writings.

2.     The writing strategies can help us and our students to write better.

Since I have done a fair share of narrative writing in my stint school, I prefer to use the ARMS, TREE, and hamburger strategies. 

ARMS is a strategy where students review their writing, to add, remove, move or substitute words and sentences. 

 

POW and TREE are considered the simplest strategies to even explain to a student. 

When the strategies used are fairly simple, students will be motivated to write or at least attempt to write. 

 

The "hamburger" method is a graphic outline of a paragraph's major components. They are encompassed with topic sentences and closing paragraphs. 

Showing procedure of composing by displaying and separating the instructions into a couple of sessions and demonstrating by rehearsing the expression displayed in the video. It assists the students with being appreciated in learning and take part well in class.

I want to use the graphic organizer as one of the strategies to expand in writing.

I have captured a lot of information from the videos which will comes in handy if I encounter the question asked by the emcee. (e.g., best practice for student with disability, training teachers to teach writing (for me to learn), etc)

The pool of strategies to teach writing is interesting and easy to remember. I resonate well with Teacher Nancy’s lesson on narrative writing. Students loves to be engaged and learn well with interaction. Technology is definitely another way to support and cultivate student’s idea in writing. Will internalize all these strategies to better support my students. 

ARMS is a good tool that students can use to check their own work before submitting, this will really lessen BOTH the teacher and students’ load. This is so as the students will be able to spot their own mistakes e.g. any unnecessary phrases used, or words they can substitute to make their composition more interesting. Teachers will not need to ‘decorate’ the composition with red markings and will be able to pinpoint certain issues students might have and address them more accurately. However, I feel that this strategy might be better for typical students who have more potential in becoming fluent writers. This strategy does require the student to have a certain amount of vocabulary and good sentence construction, I would consider recommending it to a colleague who teaches the English Language in his/her class. But for students with SEN, I might revise this strategy and use it as a simpler self-checking tool when writing complex sentences (maybe).

Takeaway #2: Filling up the Hamburger model

I will also like to combine the Hamburger Model with brainstorming ideas using visuals (this was kindly contributed by one of our coursemates). I usually have issues coming up with ideas, so using images or even social media can help. The hamburger model gives the student a guide in terms of the structure and the visuals are the ‘meat patties’ in the hamburger. 

The different type of writing tools are useful for different types of writing.  Some of the tools such as ARMS, COPS, TREES and hamburgers provide guides and make writing more attainable for students with writing difficulties.  

WAM is a good tool to assess students’ need and area for improvement. This helps teacher to come out with more specific plan to help the students.

The writing strategies shared in this lecture are much needed - POW, TREE, Hamburger. The ARMS and COPS strategies are definitely handy when it comes to editing. 

The most important takeaway is - writing should be an enjoyable process. Many a time, we treat writing as a requirement for assignment submission, we then shell ourselves from creativity and expressions. I believe, when writing is made enjoyable, not only does the learning process be positive, but the end-product, being the write-up, will be breathtaking.

2 strategies that I will want to try on my students in the future will be COPS and ARMS as I find them simple to apply. I am sure when the students are taught with these strategies, writing will be much easier. Once I can capture their interest in writing, I will be able to teach the other writing strategies to them.