Literacy
Supporting learners to become independent writers
At Holy Family, students from Prep to Year 6 work through the Teaching and Learning Cycle to develop their skills in Writing. The Teaching and Learning Cycle explicitly supports learners to become independent writers. It involves four key stages:
Building the Field
Students are supported to build a shared understanding of the topic and content of what they will be writing about and to become familiar with key vocabulary.
Modelling and Deconstruction
Students become familiar with the purpose, organisation and language features of the particular genre (e.g. a narrative, an information report, a persuasive text, etc.).
Joint Construction
Teachers and students jointly construct a text.
Independent Construction:
Students use the modelled and jointly constructed texts as a guide for writing their own text independently.
Simone Crist
Literacy Leader