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Course Content

Week 1: Laying the foundation for writing instruction
Welcome and Course Overview
1 Topic
Week 1 Outcomes
Understanding the current state of writing in Aotearoa
Key principles for effective writing instruction
1 Quiz
Key Frameworks Quiz
Week 2: Building Strong Sentences
Week 2 Outcomes
The role of syntax in writing development
What is grammar?
1 Quiz
The building blocks of writing and sentence components
WEEK 3: Sentence Level Activities - Part 1
Week 3 Outcomes
Building strong sentences
1 Topic
1 Quiz
Fixing run-on sentences
Design your own fragment activity
Expanding and connecting ideas
3 Topics
3 Quizzes
Basic conjunctions: because, but, so
Design your own activity
Asking Questions
Subordinating Conjunctions
Subordinating Conjunctions
Design your own activity
Writing with sentence combining strategies
WEEK 4: SENTENCE LEVEL ACTIVITIES - PART 2
Developing ideas through writing
1 Quiz
Share sentence and paragraph transformations
WEEK 5: TRANSITION & PARAGRAPH WRITING
Paragraphs and Compositions
1 Quiz
SPO & TO Quiz
WEEK 6: WRITING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM
Writing across the curriculum
1 Quiz
Discussion Prompt
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