Learning+To+Write




 * Learning To Write**

When a child learns to write, they may know a far more complex story then they will be able to write down, this is because the writing process involves they child to learn many skills and requires alot of practice before it can be mastered. The knowledge of the alphabetic principle and how spoken language is represented in writing is a difficult concept to grasp when beginning to write but with support and encouragement any child can learn to write effectively. The most common type of writing for early writers is recount, as they have the experiences and this is what children know best to write about. It involves past tense and is event specific. There are several stages of development when a child learns to write. These are: > > The process of writing can be broken down into four main processes, which include:
 * Beginning Writers
 * Emergent writers
 * Early Writers
 * Fluent - Developing Writers
 * Fluent - Extending Writers
 * Planning - who will be the audience and what is the text type for, also the generation of ideas.
 * Composing - The use of words and sentences to construct meaning.
 * Revising - Revisiting the text and improving it.
 * Recording - The final text product, so that the information conveyed in the text can be read by others.
 * Publishing - Preparing the text for an audience.

Both reading and writing compliment each other, so the more words that a child can read, the more words that they will be able to write. Which goes to say that the more words that a child can write, the more words that they will be able to read.