ESOL Student
Children put to use expressions- oral and body motions- while looking for modes of presenting their stories. Oral language is the base of writing and their stories is devised from oral language. There are varied types of classroom literacy events which help student to advance their writing skills (Janet C. Richards). Considering Eduardo’s case, he has good oral skills that would be vital when developing his writing skills. The connection between the oral and writing, we apply the Think, Draw, Write and Share strategy. This strategy has four steps which:
- Thinking of a story
- Drawing a picture of the story.
- Writing words about the story.
- Sharing the story with another individual.
Eduardo is first asked to think of a story then draw a picture which exemplifies the story. He later should think of a word that relates or signifies his story. He may write the words on an index card then replicate the story in their pages. Eduardo is then asked to tell the story to a fellow student or the instructor. Each and every time Eduardo is asked to write a story, he should be able to follow the strategy.
The Think, Draw, Write and Share strategy is a natural method of assisting students change from using his or her oral skills only and apply the same in writing. As students get to know of the alphabets and knowledge that the letters stand in for sounds, their written words results to being richer. They are hence able to write the words better and apply the introduced spelling to write words and therefore sentences. As the year grows older, the student’s writing skills become well advanced. Students are always in a social environment and share what they do with their fellow students. It is in such a socially educative statue that students are able to develop interest in writing. Students are hence able to spread out their oral skills to writing texts.
Works Cited
Janet C. Richards, Cynthia A. Lassonde. Writing Strategies for All Primary Students: Scaffolding Independent Writing with Differentiated Mini-Lessons, Grades K-3. San Francisco: John Wiley & Sons, Mar 22, 2011.
