Macmillan foundation skills writing composition 2 pdfstudents book

Unit 1 The alphabet Skill s alphabetical order; formation of lower case letters in letter families accordmg their formation or features Unit 2 Introd ucing the first join Skills Introduc

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Unit 1 The alphabet

Skill s alphabetical order; formation of lower case letters in letter

families accordmg their formation or features

Unit 2 Introd ucing the first join

Skills Introducing the first Jo in using eve words with short medial 'i'

Unit 3 Practising the first join

Skills practismg the first join, using eve words with short medial 'e' and

'u'

Unit 4 Practising the first join w ith 's'

Skills pract ising the first jo in with simple words beginning or ending

with's'

Unit 5 Int rod ucing the second join

Sk ills introducing the second join using single-syllable words with final

'11'

Skills practising the second join using single-syllable words end ing with

'ck'

Unit 7

Skills

More practice of the second join

practising the second join using single-syllable words containing

the digraphs 'ch' and 'sh'

Unit 9 Practising the third jo in

Skills practising the third join, word-building, using eve words with

sho rt medial 'a'; and '00' and '00' words

Unit 10 More practice of the third join

Skill s practising the third join using simple words and rhyming sentences

Unit 11

Skill s

Introducing the fourth joi n

introducing the fourth Jo in; word-building, using 'old' and 'or' words

Unit 12

Sk ill s

Practising the fo urt h join

practising he fourth join; using words and sentences containing 'ow' and 'ir' letter patterns

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Unit 15 Ca p ital len r

Skill" IJ ucuvrnq coo ( , I~ f­ (or (x\ of proper nouns

Unit 16 Punctuation

Skilis oroctisin t n I J t ounr turruon uvrues II volvrnq

w riting" f , I 0 (Pi a letters and full "tops Unit 17 Rhymes

Ski ll s pract ising hon ,or t n hrc IfJl rhyming phroses and sentences Unit 18 Telling a star,

Ski lls procu 1119 r ) " I t nee s quenor-o o tp/l u

strnpl • r

Unit 19 Writing tnf rma 101

SkIlls proctrs.nq hor , I It tuol

Information

Unit 20 Handwriting patterns

Skills handwritir 9 p t (IS 0 nr o iroqe and supr r r flood 11 I

control ond movernen <, t t l I 0 e CJO d Jr I " ( m.q S

Int roduction

Introduc tion

Each book in the seriesoffers structured support in helping children write for many different

purposes Throughout the series children encounter fiction, poetryand non-fictiontexts.The

books ore carefully graded and ore incrementol In difiiculty The books provide a valuable

complement to any other resources or senescurr entlybeing used

The a ctivit ies

This book ISdesigned to int roduce joined vmttngond to develop some essentialwritingskills

Writing is taught in meoningful conte xts, in writ ing words, phrases and sentences The book also supports the development of phonicand spell ing skills.D velop inga fluent, legible style of handwriting is encouraged throughout the rest of the series The octivities, especially from Book

3 on support the development of essential compositional writing and punctuation skills

The Skills S cope and S equence C hart

The 'SkillsScope and SequenceChart' (on pages iiand iii ) provides on immediate overviewof the

textbook and the skills being developed.This chart is very helpful for planning purposes

Using th e books

To gain maximum benefit from the textbook, it is suggested that it IS used systematically,

working through each unit one at a time in the given order However, the books may also be

used flexibly, selecting units as desired to complement other work being done in c ross ,

Tackl ing the un its in this textbook

It is suggested thot priorto working on any unit there is adequate discussion with the pupils to ensure they fully understand what is required of them and can gain maximum benefit from each activity The instructions.on each page are kept to a min imum Read them to and with your class,

poi nting to the words and explaining unfamiliar vocabularyas you do so if necessary

When a new join is introduced it is doneso thr ou gh aI tter pattern morked witha starting point and directional arrows Encourage the children ta pay care f ul attention to these as they will help them develop good writing habitsand learn thefourbasicJoinsrequ ired forsuccessfuljoined

writing

Tackling the related activities

The accompanyin activities are always divided int o two types: a 'Now try this' sect ion and a

'Next steps ' section The 'Now try this' section encourage the chil d to practise the skill

introduced at the beginning of the unit The 'Next steps ' sect ion e ncourages the child to build

on this, and offer slightly more challenging activities Each unit has on accompanying copymaster

in the Teacher's Book whichsupports or complements the work done in the unit

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There ore 20 double-page units of work Each unit I S structured In the some way i.e

secti o n introducing a skill, fo llowed by two different levels of a

Introducing the first j oin

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U nit 2 Int roducing the f irst j oin 4

Unit 4 Pract ising the fi rst j oin w ith 5 8

U nit 6 Practising the second join 1 2

Unit 8 I ntroducing the th ird join 16

U n it 9 P ract ising the third join 18

Un it 1 4 l nt ro duci g brea k l etters 28

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Unit 18 Telling a story 36

Unit 19 Writing information 38

Unit 20 Handwrit ing patterns 4 0

-• Copy t he alphabet care tully

~ "" • Mak e su re all the l etters a re I

~ '-"J c ? ~:: St ad eac h lett er i n t e

~ L co rre ct place ~

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Copy these sets of

Each set is formed i

Unit

There are four basic joins in handwriting

Here is an example of the first join

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• F eel how you m aKe the f irst join

the word

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Practising the first join with s

Nex s ••

1 Copy these words

Unit

There are four basic joins in handwriting

Here is an examp le of the second join

• Trace over the shape I

with your finger J

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,

; , • Feel how you rna ke

~ ".-,.~ - ·':~t l the second join ­

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-1 Make some words

1/( f - : - : ' ~

1

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-Unit 6

Practising the second join

Fo u

H ere a re s ome mor e w ords c ont aining the second jo in

Tr ace o ver th e wo rds with your fi nger

ext 5 e 5 •

1 Copy this rhyme

2 Choose the correct word for each picture Copy the word

- ' - - - ­

Uni

Now try his - -­

C opy these words

Unit Introducing the third join

There are four basic joins in handwriting

Here is an example of the third join

with you r finger

• Feel how you ma ke

l the th ird join

e

1

2 Copy these rhymes

Unit

ntroducinq

There are four basic joins in handwriting

Here is an example of the fourth join

I'

I • Trace over this shape

I with your finger

the fourth join

Focu

Now ry thi

Copy these words

(

N xt ste s

2 Write a s entence about each pi

o

e

- -

-Unit

Here are some more words containing the fourth join

Unit

Introducing break let ers

after thes e l etters

~ -Now try this ­

Copy these words

Unit

Capital letters

1 f: U »> - - - - ­

(ci V f~/

\2 / '

1

2 Write the names of these people in alphabetical order

ex ste 5

Unit 17

2 Copy these rhym ing sentences Write the missing

words

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Unit

Focus ­

A story has:

Tell this story in your own words

ow ry h i s ­

Copy this story

1 Copy these sentences Choose the correct ending

story

2

1 Copy these sentences Write the missing word

Match the beginning of each sentence to the

correc t e ndi rite each sentence correctly

Unit

Handwriting patterns

2 Draw some patterns of your own Try some of these first