Writing fluency is becoming a desired goal for many academic institutions now that essays are being included in standard tests and high school examinations. Not all are born writers but being able to write a sensible article is one skill that needs to be learned by students as early as in the elementary level.

There are ways on how to help pupils gain writing fluency. There are some of them:

1. It is important to begin with teaching pupils read diverse writing prompts. This means providing them different writing content area. Examples are literature, expository compositions, persuasive domains, science content, social sciences, creative writing, and many more. Guide the pupil to read the writing prompt, first to understand and next to explore the subject and highlight key words.
2. Sufficient practice time is vital. Give your pupils enough time to practice the writing prompts. Begin with simple essay topic sentences and guide them to putting together into sequence the sentences to make one sensible paragraph and so on and so forth. For example, the writing prompt is “Growing Food In Your Backyard,” the pupils can start writing topic sentences such as “What kinds of food can you grow in your backyard?”, “Techniques on how to grow food in your backyard.”, “Materials needed to grow food in the backyard.”, and many more.
3. Practice time is crucial in developing pre-writes to be able to create multi-paragraph write ups. Teach your pupils different graphic organizers and help them understand how each is useful and appropriate to various writing prompts.

5. Confer with pupils immediate individual feedback to their write ups. Write along with them and constructively critique their work so they would identify their strengths and weaknesses.

The above listed are just some of the few important pointers you can begin with in helping your students develop writing fluency. As you go along, you can put in more helpful tips to them until they learn how to write effectively written articles.

References:

Linda Flower and John R. Hayes, “A Cognitive Process Theory of Writing”, CCC 32 (1981, pp. 365-87, rpt. in Cross-Talk in Comp Theory, 2nd ed., ed. Victor Villanueva, Urbana: NCTE, 2003. Retrieved on January 9, 2015.

Pattison, Darcy. Paper Lightning: Prewriting Activities to Spark Creativity and Help Students Write Effectively. Retrieved at http://www.darcypattison.com/books/paper-lightning/ on January 10, 2015

Wery, Jessica J., and John L. Nietfeld. “Supporting Self-Regulated Learning With Exceptional Children.” Teaching Exceptional Children 42.4 (2010): 70-78. Retrieved on Januray 9, 2015

By: Marlon C. Flojo | Teacher II | Morong Central Elementary School | Morong ,Bataan