LISA gives teachers a coherent rubric to teach writing
all teachers are teachers of literacy
Do your staff see themselves as 'teachers of literacy'?
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Unfortunately too many teachers, especially secondary, haven't been formally trained to teach writing and don't have a simple and coherent model to teach to their students.
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That's where LISA comes in. As well as providing an self-marking writing test, LISA provides you and your school a clear, concise rubric for teaching and assessing writing.
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Let's explain ...
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Humans are social creatures and communication is important to us.
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People are social creatures.
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We use language to connect with each other.
Writing is one way that we communicate with others if they’re not currently nearby to talk to, or because there’s a lot of information to consider.
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We write to share our thoughts and feelings with others, our audience.
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We write for a purpose … to explain, persuade or narrate a story.
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We use conventions to help others understand us.
why do we write?
purpose
of LISA framework
The purpose of the LISA framework is to …
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helps schools to teach and assess the mechanics of writing across all year levels and learning areas
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support all teachers to be teachers of literacy
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give students a simple rubric for learning to write effectively.
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support learning areas and teachers to adapt the to their unique needs.
how do we write?
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PHYSICAL HANDWRITING
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We form shapes (letters, numbers, punctuation symbols) and group them in certain ways. Later in school (and life) we use computers for this.
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IDEAS
We share ideas and detailed information about them.
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ORGANISATION
We organise (structure) our writing to help readers follow our ideas and understand us.
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VARIETY
We use a variety of words and structures that are appropriate to our purpose and audience, to add impact and effect to our writing.
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ACCURACY
We spell correctly, and use punctuation and syntax accurately to help others understand our writing.
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Good writers also deliberately break conventions to add effect to their writing.
To help students learn how to write more effectively, we break down each convention into ‘sub-conventions’ as follows.
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Physical Handwriting
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Form
We form letters, numbers and punctuation symbols.
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Direction
We write left to right, and top to bottom.
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Spacing
We group letters together to form words, we leave spaces between words and we write across 2 or more lines.
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Ideas
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Ideas
We produce ideas.
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Elaboration
We provide details about our ideas, e.g. facts, examples, or quotes.
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Organisation
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Overall Structure
Writing has a beginning, middle and end.
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Sequence of Ideas
We put our ideas in order to help readers understand and remember them.
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Sentences and Paragraphs
We use sentences and paragraphs to help with our structure.
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Variety
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Vocabulary
We use a variety of words.
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Sentence Variety
We use a variety of sentences.
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Language
We use a variety of language features.
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Tone
We write formally or informally, as appropriate.
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Accuracy
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Spelling
We spell words accurately.
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Punctuation
We use punctuation correctly.
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Syntax
We follow grammatical conventions correctly.
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We change how we write to suit our purpose. In general, there are three different purposes for writing. These are as follows.
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Explain
Writing to inform others. This might be to share information, explain complex ideas, or describe a process or how something worlds.
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Persuade
Writing to persuade others. This may be to get someone to do something, or to get them to agree with the writer about something.
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Narrate
Writing to tell a real or imagined story, experience or event.
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