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Adaptation For Struggling Writers

This document discusses adaptation for struggling writers and remedial instruction in writing. It begins by defining remedial instruction as additional support for students who have fallen behind in core skills. It then asks why some students struggle with writing and how teachers can help them write better. Common causes of struggles include disliking writing, physical/mental impairments like dyslexia or dysgraphia, which can make interpreting letters and physically writing difficult. The document outlines strategies teachers can use such as increasing writing time, providing a comfortable environment, simplifying prompts, highlighting keywords, developing spelling lists, giving physical assistance, and re-teaching skills. The goal is to help struggling writers improve through tailored accommodations and reinforcement of writing skills

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Adaptation For Struggling Writers

This document discusses adaptation for struggling writers and remedial instruction in writing. It begins by defining remedial instruction as additional support for students who have fallen behind in core skills. It then asks why some students struggle with writing and how teachers can help them write better. Common causes of struggles include disliking writing, physical/mental impairments like dyslexia or dysgraphia, which can make interpreting letters and physically writing difficult. The document outlines strategies teachers can use such as increasing writing time, providing a comfortable environment, simplifying prompts, highlighting keywords, developing spelling lists, giving physical assistance, and re-teaching skills. The goal is to help struggling writers improve through tailored accommodations and reinforcement of writing skills

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Adaptation for Struggling Writers

Remedial Instruction in Writing

(for better understanding let us first define Remedial instruction)


Remedial Instruction/Teaching
+ The objective of remedial teaching is to give additional help to pupils who, for one
reason or another, have fallen behind the rest of the class in the subjects.
(Remedial instruction is implemented when a teacher identifies that a student requires
temporary, additional and specialist support for one or more core skills that cannot be provided
by the teacher alone)

Adaptation for Struggling Writers


(So we have certain questions that we need to answer)
First
+ Why they struggle?
(why some students are better at writing and why some students are struggling to write?)
+ How we can teach struggling writers to write better?
(How we can improve these struggling writers to write better, What methodology can a
teacher used to make it easy for the students to write?)
(These type of questions is what we need to address)

Let us first know the root cause of why some students struggle in writing
+ Some students hate writing
(It is common for students in today's educational system to dislike and/or avoid the writing
process. Many students feel writing takes too long. For some, writing is a very difficult task
because there are so many sub-components that need to be pulled together.)

+ They might have a physical or mental impairment


(students might have physical or mental disabilities that are making it hard for them to write.
The teacher needs to evaluate his/her students if they have these impairments to address them
immediately.
Most common cases for struggling writers lies in some processing difficulties, such as dyslexia
or dysgraphia.
Dyslexia is a common learning difficulty that can cause problems with reading, writing and
spelling. It's a specific learning difficulty, which means it causes problems with certain abilities
used for learning, such as reading and writing.
(When a child has dyslexia they usually have a difficulty in making sense of the letter. They find
the letters difficult to interpret resulting in delayed improvement in reading, writing and
learning.)

While Dysgraphia can appear as difficulties with spelling and/or trouble putting thoughts on
paper. Dysgraphia is a neurological disorder that generally appears when children are first
learning to write.
(Dysgraphia on the other hand is a difficulty in expressing oneself on paper. Students with
Dysgraphia usually have poor spelling, unfinished words or missing letters. They also had a
problem writing physically because their hand is unusually stiff and have a bad posture while
writing.)

How we can teach struggling students to write better?

(Now the question is can someone struggling in writing improve themselves?


of course!) (we can help them through strategies and techniques, although not immediately it
will help students who struggle in writing. )

Accommodations in the Learning Environment


(these strategies can improve the students writing abilities)

+ Increase instructional time for writing.


(the more students practise his/her writing the more he/she can improve it
+ Provide quiet and comfortable spaces for students to work.
(making students feel comfortable while writing makes the students more focused in writing)
+ Provide unimpeded access to writing tools
(The teacher must-have tools for the students at hand so the students can practice anytime)
+ Let students identify and select meaningful reinforcements for achieving writing goals
(the teacher should teach the students why it is important to learn and improve writing.)

(another set of strategies a teacher can do is: )

+ Simplify the language of writing prompts.


(If the student is struggling to think of ideas, make him start with the simpler writing prompts)
+ Highlight (e.g., colour code) keywords and phrases
(Make sure to highlight keywords or phrases to emphasize its importance to the students for
them to remember it)
+ Develop individualized spelling lists.
(if one student are having a hard time in spelling, make a list of unfamiliar spelling in the text
for him to practice and remember)
+ Provide pencil grips for students
(teach the students how to properly hold or grip their pencils or pen)

(Next in the line is)

+ Devote more instructional time to writing mechanics


(spend time developing their skills on writing individual letters)
+ Provide physical assistance during handwriting practice.
(make sure they are properly holding the pen and in the proper posture while writing)
+ Re-teach writing skills and strategies.
(be sure to remind them of the writing strategies when writing)
+ Assign homework designed to reinforce writing instruction.
And this is the end of my report I hope that you learned something to integrate with your
teaching struggling writers.
Thank you for listening!

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