Assignment

ECC 414

Creative Writing for Young Learners

Part B: (10%) – 3 pages�

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Suggest developmentally and culturally appropriate writing prompts for your classroom of young learners.

Provide examples.

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Writing prompts

Introduces and focuses the writing topic

What?

Purpose

Encourage students’ interest in a topic

Encourage students to write about it in a thoughtful and creative way

Developmentally appropriate writing prompts

• Suitable for their age development – Piaget
• Topics that are not too challenging and beyond what the children can comprehend

Culturally appropriate writing prompts

• Appropriate for students’ culture
• Encourage appreciation of each other’s culture
• Don’t have writing prompts that touch on issues:
• Race
• Religion