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  Hello all!     We're off again on another exciting writing journey. Am here this week to share with you another creative and enriching way in which we, as teachers, can promote  good writing skills in our students, to make the experience more exciting, more meaningful, more enjoyable and especially pain-free for them. Based on this week's very informative and interactive class sessions, our blog post this week will focus on one of the many types of writing that our students often engage in. It will also inform us as to how we could ensure they become competent in such writing task. This type of writing of which I speak is one that engages the use of the five senses, using sensory words to create in the reader's mind a clear and vivid image of the characters, objects, places, events, experiences and even feelings that he/she may be trying to portray. In other words, it gives detailed descriptions of whatever is being written about. Can you guess that which I speak of?    H
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  Welcome back to another exciting week of blogging. In today's blog I will be discussion an important writing genre.  In our LIT session this week, my classmate and I explored a new genre of writing. Do you want to guess what it is? Did you say Poetry? 👎, try again....Persuasive writing is correct. Do you know what is persuasive writing?  then come with me as we explore the many wonders of persuasive writing. Persuasive writing is the ability to coax or convinced readers to agree with the authors viewpoint, it is often presented in an argument form.  We also looked at the characteristics students should have in their written pieces. They are: 👉 Include a hook to grab readers attention. 👉 Ensure that their position is clearly stated. 👉 Present evidence and examples to support claim. 👉 Counterarguments are refuted. 👉 A summary is used to conclude the written piece As I reflect on what was discuss so far, I came to the realization that persuasive writing and argument are the sa
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  Descriptive Writing Hey everyone 🙋 Do you know what is descriptive writing?   Let me share. Descriptive writing is using words to paint a picture. Descriptive writing can be a phrase,  sentence or a paragraph.  In order  for students to write  descriptively, teachers must encourage students to revise their compositions to paint more vivid word pictures. There are five techniques in Descriptive writing namely: Specific Information Choosing words  carefully Creating sensory images Using Figurative language Writing dialogue *Specific information may include  Activities and behaviors Characters The setting Attributes *Word choice can be tricky. Word choice  relates to: Specific nouns such as glass table, sports car Vivid verbs such as  speak- whisper, shout, eat - munch, nibble Colorful modifiers  Avoid repetition Avoid "tired" words such as nice, good *Sensory images is where writers incorporate the five senses sight, hearing, touch, smell nd taste into their descriptive wri
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