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Ask for help > PENFRIEND LETTERS
PENFRIEND LETTERS
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VALERIA FERNANDEZ
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PENFRIEND LETTERS
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HI IM TRYING TO START WITH LETTERS WITH MY SS, THEY ARE 8 YEARS OLD AND THIS IS THEIR SECOND YEAR OF ENGLISH SO THEY MUST BE EASY, CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME ADVICETHANKS IN ADVANCE  |
5 May 2010
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aliciapc
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Do you mean starting with the English alphabet ? |
5 May 2010
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aliciapc
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Oh, sorry. If that �s the case, I would use something like a guided writing, depending on what they saw last year. You can show them how to begin and how to finish a letter to a friend and as to the paragraphs, maybe you could lead them with prompts , e.g. Include : your name, your age, your family members, your free time activities. And if this is still too much for them, you could simply give them parts of the sentences : ___ name ________ .
I ________old. I live __________ and so on.
I don �t know how many hours a week they had classes last year, that makes a difference in level, too. Have a good night ...
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5 May 2010
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kodora
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What I usually do with the little ones is guided writing.I start with cards eg a birthday card or invitation card, Christmas card etc. Next, I use extracts from their books in which a character talks about his/her family, likes and dislikes and so on.But, first, we do it together in class so that they can feel confident they can do it and then I assign it as a homework telling them to keep whatever they need and change the ones that do not apply to themselves.I always ask them to write it on a piece of paper I hand out and ask them to draw things related to our topic so that they are nice and colourful.Finally, we put them on our notice board.They like it a lot, because it �s not only writing and young children like drawing and colouring a lot.
Bye
Dora
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5 May 2010
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