Course: Writing Module 2 : Writing the First Draft : Learning Ventures

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Writing Module 2 : Writing the First Draft

About this course: This course is all about writing the first draft of a story. It builds on the first module of Recounts and Narratives and shows participants how to take the plans made and turn them into first drafts. Together with the first drafts, strategies for improving the story will also be presented. These include finding a focus for the story, writing an interesting introduction and an effective conclusion, using Show Don’t Tell to elaborate on details, and writing dialogue. Demonstrations using sample essays are included in the course.

Syllabus:

Introduction 02:26

Writing First Draft 04:16

Finding a Focus 05:49

Writing an Interesting Introduction 08:04

Elaborating with Show, Don’t Tell; Adding elaborative details to writing 15:16

Writing Dialogue 6:10

Writing an effective conclusion 6:31

Concluding Remarks 1:31

Taught by: Dr Yin Mee Cheah

Yin Mee Cheah is a partner and the principal consultant at Learning Ventures. Yin Mee’s mission, through Learning Ventures, is to inspire teachers to be lifelong learners and impactful educators.

Yin Mee has been a popular in-service trainer to primary schools in Singapore since 1998. She has taught more than 800 in-service courses in over 150 primary schools in Singapore. Her more popular courses included courses on reading, writing, oral skills and assessment.

Yin Mee has been in the education service for 40 years. Between 1985 and 1998, Yin Mee was a lecturer at the National Institute of Education where she was a pioneer specializing in the training of pre and in-service primary school teachers. Before that she spent several years teaching in a secondary school and a junior college.

Yin Mee has also worked as a linguistic and education consultant to publishers, learning centres, IT companies, schools, and the Ministry of Education.

Yin Mee’s academic achievements:
•Ph.D. (Education) 1994, University of California at Berkeley
Dissertation: Language and Cultural Identity: An ethnographic study of English language education in Singapore
• M.A. (Education) 1987, Stanford University
• Dip. Appl. Linguistics (with distinction) 1984, RELC, Singapore
• Dip. Ed., 1979, Institute of Education, National University of Singapore
• B.A. (Hons.) 2nd Upper, 1977, University of Malaya

Created by: Learning Ventures

Learning Ventures was established in 1998 and provides courses in English language pedagogy and professional communication for teachers. These courses include the teaching of reading, writing, listening, grammar, oral communication and assessment skills. Courses on professional writing and communication in school settings for teachers’ own personal development are also available.