Planning writing – this includes a discussion of whit is involved and who the piece is for, as well as children’s contributions to choosing characters or making concept maps. Teaching children to plan their writing, even if only mentally, is likely to help them organize their thoughts and structures. Too many children start to write and simply keep going without monitoring the structure and effect of their writing at regular intervals.
Drafting writing – Drafting may involve using a text map or writing frame to help structure the piece. You should certainly refer to any planning notes made on a previous occasion. When drafting, it is important to model not only the transcribing but also the sort of thinking that takes place as you decide what to write. You can induct children into this by asking for their views, opinions and reason.
Revising writing – This involves looking at a piece of writing and considering its effect and hot that effect is created. This is a good opportunity to evaluate the vocabulary, sentence types, sentence structures and text features to see whether they achieve the purpose intended. You are also showing them that there is not only one way of writing a certain text type. The editing of a piece of writing for transcription details is a very important skill, but is much difficult for children to understand. They are usually able to look through a piece for capital letters and spelling errors quite early. They can then cope well with looking for appropriate sentence structures. Decisions about the effect of the vocabulary choice or a choice of sentence type may be more difficult , as they are required to see the text from a reader’s point of view.