Eliciting a piece of controlled writing.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Button, Steve
- Source
- English Teaching Professional; Mar2017, Issue 109, p45-45, 2/3p
- Subject
- English language education in elementary schools
English teachers
English grammar education
Language & languages
School children
- Language
- ISSN
- 13625276
The article offers suggestions to English language teachers for teaching students to improve writing skills. It states challenges associated with getting elementary students to write more than a standard 'subject-verb-object' sentence, and mentions the role of teacher in bringing out students' language abilities by means of guidance. It notes using prompt cards using Wh question words which the students will use for a follow-up piece of writing.