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ENGB3 – Language Acquisition (Section A): Developing Writing
Some terminology
Emergent writing – children’s early scribble writing
Ascenders – letters above the line
Descenders – letters below the line
Barclay’s seven stages of writing development
Stage 1
Scribbling
Stage 2
Mock handwriting
Stage 3
Mock letters
Stage 4
Conventional letters
Stage 5
Invented spelling
Stage 6
Appropriate spelling
Stage 7
Correct spelling

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Learning motor skills needed for writing

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Pseudo-letters begin to appear with drawings

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Produce random letters, but there’s no matching of sounds with
symbols
Match sounds with symbols
Write down letters that match the sounds being heard or spoken
Spell words phonetically
Simple and familiar words are spelled correctly
Become more aware of standard spelling patterns

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Most words are spelled correctly

Kroll’s stages of development
Preparation (up to 6 years)
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Basic motor skills are acquired with some principles of spelling

Consolidation (7/8 years)
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Writing is similar to spoken language (casual, colloquial, unfinished sentences)
Lots of clauses joined by the conjunction ‘and’
Use sentences, but without much punctuation

Differentiation (9/10 years)
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Awareness of writing as separate from speech emerges
Stronger understanding of writing for different audiences and purposes

ENGB3 – Language Acquisition (Section A): Developing Writing
Rothery’s categories or genres for children’s writing
Observation/comment
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Makes an observation and follows this with an evaluative comment

Recount
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Usually chronological sequence of events, e
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recount of a school trip
Written subjectively, “I”

Report
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Factual and objective description

Narrative
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A story genre, tending to follow the typical structure of a story

Britton’s three modes of children’s writing
Expressive – first mode to develop because it resembles speech
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Involves the crafting and shaping of language
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Third
person used to create a detached tone
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Pre-communicative stage: realise that symbols can be used to create meaning
2
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May abbreviate words
and use pictures for words they don’t know
3
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Transitional stage: become aware of the patterns in spelling
5

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