Lit 102/KRM Connection

  The Power of Persuasive Writing                                ( https://www.tes.com/lessons/AAQePU0y_fXBcw/persuasive-essay ) I must confess that classes on persuasive writing was very intriguing and had left me to ponder on my school days. As I reflect on my secondary school days this made me that my teachers mainly focused on descriptive and narrative writing rather than on persuasive writing. In previous courses, I have done persuasive writing so I had knowledge about it. But now learning about persuasive writing in other ways. This has now opened up a whole new perspective for me. The moment I realized I was missing out on persuasive writing was when our lecturer Mrs Lazarus gave us an activity and we had to share.   I must say when Keida and Erica presented this, it was my breaking point. The way they bought life to persuasive writing left me speechless and made me realize I was missing...

  The Writing Process The writing process is very important to students because it helps them to understand literacy.   It will improve the students’ writing skills and help them to become better readers. The writing process is a tool that makes writing a successful experience for all students.   Students’ composition skills will develop through literature focus units and themes cycles as they participate in the writing process.   When children use a process approach to writing, they are less likely to plagiarize from books because they have developed their compositions step-by-step from prewriting and drafting to revising and editing. The writing process  creates opportunities for students in each and every class to work through ideas in writing, to articulate their thinking by writing and to polish and refine ideas in written form.  The writing process will help students to see writing as a medium for learning rather than writing as a polished product....