Course: Writing Module 1: Recounts and Narratives : Learning Ventures

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Writing Module 1: Recounts and Narratives

This course is dedicated to the writing of recount and narrative stories. The course begins with a review of the 6 major text types and the process approach to teaching writing. Participants are then taken through the writing requirements for lower and upper primary classes. By doing this, they can see the progression students can make from writing descriptions to recounts to narratives. The differences between recount and narrative stories are then explored and participants learn several ways to plan for writing recount and narrative stories.

Syllabus:

Overview 01:20

Writing Requirements 05:05

6 Major text Types 04:03

Recounts 02:38

Narratives 05:28

The Process Approach to Writing 02:23

Prewriting 01:50

Recounts for Lower Primary 04:17

Steps to Planning a Recount Story 04:43

Recounts for Upper Primary 05:04

Planning for Narratives 08:10

Planning with a Narrative Framework 03:40

Conclusion 02:08

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.