Keys – Shared Writing Year 5-6: (Descriptive Writing)

This is a shared writing lesson that I undertake with a group of six Year 5-6 students while other students are writing independently around the classroom.  Note that two of the six students are English language learners.  All students had been given permission by their parents/caregivers to participate in the filming.

The lesson has been filmed to illustrate the explicit teaching and instructional practices that I deem to be important in a shared writing lesson with Year 4-8 students.

“Keys” – Purpose:

As you look at the video, you should reflect on the content of Chapter 9 of Building Young Writers: Engaging and Motivating Year 4-8 Students in Writing: Timetabling and Organising an Instructional Writing Programme: Undertaking Shared and Guided Writing with Students (pages 85-89).  The lesson has been filmed to illustrate the main points made about shared writing in this chapter.  

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