LIT 102

In every genre of writing there are various styles, there is a purpose, an audience and teaching/learning activities. A story, expository and a descriptive piece, poetry, a letter and a journal, can either be frozen, formal, consultive, casual or intimate. I too have had to create each genre of writing and I did so to either entertain, inform/educate, describe/clarify and to keep records. I welcomed this experience and i enjoyed writing them. Whatever the purpose is, each genre of writing requires skills, a plan, practice and an appropriate use of words, phrases and sentence structure. The audience for each genre can include; adult, children, teenagers, businesses, parents, teachers or a general audience. However the audience for pieces I wrote included primary school students up to grade 6.

In this unit we looked at factors to consider and include when writing a personal narrative. So far I have learnt that a personal narrative or story should include a purpose, whether you are entertaining, inspiring or teaching a lesson. You must set a target audience, which could be your students, a mature audience or your piers. The personal narrative must be told in the 1st person and contain dialogue which makes it easy for readers to follow along. The dialogue can either be creole or standard english. Moreover, in every story there needs to be a setting, characters and a plot. The setting refers to the time and place of the story, where as the plot should include a conflict or problem, rising action and a resolution. The characters also plays an important role where it provides more depth to the story. My classmates and I also had to create a personal narrative based on a experience as a child. I love writing stories, it gives me a chance to be creative, use my imagination

Its a pleasure to be back here again to share what I have learnt with you! I learnt that each type of writing severs a different purpose, audience and genre. It should be the teachers aim to transform the primary classrooms into safe havens for writing. Writing can be promoted by self- expressions and communication as well as a source of pleasure and relaxation. There are different types of genre of writing which serve different purpose. Expository- this piece of writing is done for children to collect and synthesize information for informative writing. Children use the informational writing to give directions, sequence steps, compare one thing to another ; explain causes and effects or describing problem solution. Persuasive-  the purpose of this genre of writing is to win someone to your viewpoint or cause. Children present their position clearly then support it with examples and evidence. Narrative- the purpose of narrative writing to let children retell familiar

For unit 3 we focused on the connection of how reading and writing are linked. There are several purposes for writing such as to inform, entertain, report, advertise, promote, persuade and educate. However, we have different audiences that we cater to because some pieces of writing may not be suitable for certain age level, the purpose for the writings may not be appropriate to the audience to understand, etc. We write to target the general audience, adults, parents, teachers, teens, pre teens, children and infants. The purpose and audience determines the complexity of content, language, format or type of writing. In the classroom several different activities can be done to determine what pieces of writing can be done and which type of audience to target. I as the teacher can persuasive writing for the day and the students can choose their own topic and write a persuasive piece to target different audiences. However everyone topic will not be the same because of the

In promoting writing in the primary grades by focusing on approaches and activities which can be used to transform classroom in the primary grades into safe havens for writing. We as teachers can promote writing among students as a means of self-expression and communication as well as as a source of pleasure and relaxation. Teachers need to teach writing every day and track students writing progress using journals, portfolios, writing pleasure and assessments. With each genre there is a purpose to teaching writing to students: The purpose for writing descriptive - children become careful observers and choose precise language when they use description. They take notice of sensory details and learn to make comparisons (metaphors and similes) in order to make their writing more powerful. The purpose for expository  writing - Children collect and synthesize information for informative writing. This writing is objective and reports are the most common type of informative writing.

There are different purposes for writing. We write to entertain, inform, educate, report, advertise, persuade. While we write for different purposes we also cater for different audiences. Our audiences can range from general audience to adults to infants as young as in kindergarten. The purpose and audience will determine the complexity of the content, language and format or type of writing.  As a teacher I should be able to introduce different learning activities for each genre to help my students learn. Each activity should be fun and engaging to help maintain students interest. Even in the smaller grades students can learn how to write the different genres according to their grade level.  My Philosophy of Teaching Writing As a teacher, I think that students learn through everyday play and exploration in a safe and stimulating environment. Time spent playing, talking, listening and interacting helps students learn the skills he needs for life, like communicating, think