LESSON: Tips, ideas, and strategies to improve your writing as a teacher — have fun writing.

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Use of the colon, semicolon, en-dash and em-dash in writing.

Write that Essay (WTE) presentation PDL (Professional Learning Development) 6 Dec 2019 –  By W. Van Zyl & F. Van Buren.

*26 Powerpoint slides – converted to pdf format (download for free Five House Publishing).

Ernest Hemingway was asked to sum up his life in six words. This what he came up with:

Baby shoes: for sale, never used.

Are you intrigued? There are many interpretations! Do you want to learn more? Do you want to create your own six-word biography? You will learn heaps about yourself.

Visit Five Houe Publishing for a free copy of this lesson. Have fun!

EXCERPT FROM THE LESSON ON WRITING:

Now it is your turn: Create your 6-word memoir.

1. Think about a memory from your past – 2 minutes (a rich layered one). Discuss in your group/pair
2. In your notebook free-write for 3 minutes (topic = a memoir)
3. Once you have completed your freewriting, circle the most important words in your writing about the memory
4. Use the words you have identified as important to create the 6-word memoir
5. Write it down in your notebook
6. On the coloured cardboard (size A5): On the front — at the top — write the 6-word memoir. Right at the bottom, write your name (as the author of a book would).
7. Hint: You are going to write 3 x 6-word memoirs — on the front page of your book — with your name at the bottom.

Learning intentions: To develop teacher’s writing skills.

1. Have fun while learning
2. Develop free writing skills 
3. Write a 6-word memoir
4. Apply punctuation techniques (colon, semicolon, em-dash & en-dash)
5. Learn shortcuts for the em-dash & en-dash (Keyboard)
6. Critique 6-word memoir (in pairs or group): Rewrite & edit the 6-word memoir (refine).
7. Learn how to write a blurb (2 sentences). How to hook the reader in.
8. Learn how to use a book cover template in canva.com (front cover). Include a title, a blurb (hook the reader in) and include the name of the author. 
9. General writing focus: 12-sentence structures – WTE. 

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