Writing Skills Development

Inline Questions 

🎯 OVERALL LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of two weeks, students will be able to:

  • Write neatly with correct letter formation
  • Use capital letters and punctuation correctly
  • Write meaningful words and sentences
  • Write short answers and small paragraphs with guidance
  • Express ideas through pictures and simple writing

🗓️ WEEK 1: FOUNDATION OF WRITING

DAY 1: Pre-Writing Skills (Posture, Grip & Readiness)

Objective:

Students will learn how to sit and write correctly.

Teacher Explanation (Simple Language):

  • Sit straight on the chair
  • Keep feet on the floor
  • Hold the pencil gently (not too tight)
  • Keep notebook slightly tilted

Explain that good writing starts with good posture.

Demonstration:

Teacher shows:

  • Correct pencil grip
  • Writing on the line
  • Slow and neat writing

Activities:

  • ✋ Air writing (trace letters in the air)
  • ✏️ Finger tracing on desk
  • ✍️ Tracing dotted letters

Written Work:

  • Trace capital letters A–E
  • Trace small letters a–e

Assessment:

Teacher checks grip, posture, and neatness.

DAY 2: Letter Formation & Spacing

Objective:

Students will write letters with proper shape and spacing.

Explanation:

  • Letters should sit on the line
  • Leave finger space between words

Examples:

❌ Ilikemilk
✔ I like milk

Activities:

  • Write letters in sand tray / air
  • Spacing practice using finger method

Written Work:

  • Write 2 lines of capital letters
  • Write 2 lines of small letters

DAY 3: Writing Simple Words

Objective:

Students will write correctly spelled simple words.

Explanation:

Words are made of letters. Writing correct words helps us make good sentences.

Examples:

cat, dog, pen, sun, apple

Activities:

  • Picture → word matching
  • Read aloud → write

Written Work:

  • Write 10 simple words
  • Circle the best written word

DAY 4: Capital Letters & Full Stop

Objective:

Students will use capital letters and full stops correctly.

Explanation:

  • Capital letter at the start
  • Full stop at the end

Examples:

❌ i am happy
✔ I am happy.

Activities:

  • Spot the mistake
  • Sentence correction on board

Written Work:

Rewrite 5 sentences with correct capital letters and full stops.

DAY 5: Writing Simple Sentences

Objective:

Students will write complete and meaningful sentences.

Sentence Pattern (Explain Clearly):

Naming word + Action word

Examples:

  • The cat runs.
  • I eat food.

Activities:

  • Sentence building using word cards
  • Oral → written practice

Written Work:

Write 5 simple sentences.

🗓️ WEEK 2: EXPRESSION & DEVELOPMENT

DAY 6: Action Words in Writing

Objective:

Students will improve writing using action words.

Explanation:

Action words tell us what someone is doing.

Examples:

run, jump, read, eat

Activities:

  • Act the word → write the sentence
  • Complete the sentence

Written Work:

Write 5 sentences using action words.

DAY 7: Answer Writing (Short Answers)

Objective:

Students will write short answers correctly.

Explanation:

Answers should be:

  • Complete
  • Start with capital letter
  • End with full stop

Examples:

Q: What is your name?
A: My name is Riya.

Activities:

  • Oral Q&A
  • Board practice

Written Work:

Write answers to 5 simple questions.

DAY 8: Expanding Sentences

Objective:

Students will add describing words to sentences.

Explanation:

We can make sentences better by adding more words.

Examples:

  • The boy runs.
  • The boy runs fast.

Activities:

  • Add one word
  • Choose describing words

Written Work:

Expand 3 given sentences.

DAY 9: Guided Paragraph Writing

Objective:

Students will write a short paragraph (3–4 sentences).

Teacher Support:

Write guiding questions on board.

Topic Example: My Pet

  • What pet do you have?
  • What is its name?
  • What does it do?

Model Paragraph (Explain Slowly):

I have a pet dog.
Its name is Bruno.
It likes to play with me.

Written Work:

Write a short paragraph with help.

DAY 10: Revision & Assessment

Objective:

To check overall writing development.

Revision Topics:

✔ Words
✔ Sentences
✔ Capital letters
✔ Full stop
✔ Picture writing

Assessment Includes:

  • Write 5 words
  • Write 3 sentences
  • Picture-based writing

Fun Activity:

🖍️ Picture story writing

📘 ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

  • Neatness
  • Correct spelling
  • Sentence completeness
  • Use of capital letters & punctuation