Chapter 4: Writing Skills
What you need to learn in this chapter
This chapter focuses on developing students’ ability to communicate clearly and effectively through both print and digital media. They will learn to express ideas using appropriate language, form, and style, ensuring their writing is well-structured and suited to various contexts.
Students will practice explaining and evaluating information from visual, written, and spoken sources. They will also learn to analyze and present the advantages and disadvantages of different ideas, plans, and arrangements, strengthening their ability to construct logical arguments.
To enhance persuasive and critical writing skills, students will be guided in presenting both sides of an argument, organizing key points effectively. They will also explore ways to express and respond to real or imagined opinions and emotions, fostering creativity and engagement in their writing.
Throughout the chapter, students will refine their ability to organize, sequence, and develop ideas within texts of several paragraphs, covering both familiar and some unfamiliar topics. They will work on improving punctuation and spelling accuracy across a variety of text types. Additionally, they will develop independent drafting and editing skills to improve their written work.
A key focus will be understanding and using formal and informal registers appropriately, depending on the target audience and context. By the end of this chapter, students will have gained confidence in producing clear, well-organized, and thoughtful written communication in both formal and informal settings.
Topics in this chapter
1. Communicate intelligibly through print and digital media on familiar topics
What you will learn in this topic
- Explain and evaluate (i) visual (ii) read (iii) heard information
- Explain advantages and disadvantages of (i) ideas (ii) plans or (iii) arrangements
- Explain the main points for and against an idea or argument
- Express and respond to real or imagined opinions and feelings
- Organise, sequence and develop ideas within a text of several paragraphs on familiar topics and some unfamiliar topics
2. Communicate with appropriate language, form and style
What you will learn in this topic
- Punctuate written work on a range of text types with reasonable accuracy
- Spell written work on a range of text types with reasonable accuracy
- Produce a plan or draft and modify this appropriately independently
- Use formal and informal registers appropriate to the target audience in most familiar and some unfamiliar situations
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