UNIT 1: Week 3 – 4

spider� The first sentence is the topic sentence as it gives the main idea – they went to the library to find books on cultural folktales. The other sentences give the supporting ideas, for example, how many books they each found and the stories they read�

3� Discuss the writing process with learners� Emphasise the importance of learners using this process in all their writing activities�

Writing is a process This means that there are steps that you follow when writing a text�

1 Planning

To follow these steps, you must first plan your writing� This can be done by jotting down the things you want to say or making a mind map showing your characters and their actions� It also involves cause and effect which is very important in story writing (what caused something to happen and what the results were)�

2 Drafting

Once you have planned your writing, you must then draft what you want to say�At this stage, you will take into account your audience, that is, who you are writing for and register, that is, decide on the type of language you will use, e�g� will it be formal or informal�

3 Revising, editing and proofreading

Here, you will reread what you have written or read it aloud to your facilitator or a partner� Check where you can improve your writing so that ideas are clearer or follow in a more logical order� Check for correct punctuation and grammar� Use your dictionary to check spelling�

4 Presenting

Present your work neatly and with correct heading and layout�

4� Tell learners that a narrative is a story that tells what happened in a specific order. Ask learners to choose a short cultural story and write a narrative paragraph telling the story� The paragraph should be 100 – 110 words long�

A narrative is a story that gives an account of what happened� It presents a series of events in a meaningful order� It is usually written in the past tense�

Note: If learners are unsure what to write about, remind them of the stories they may know about how the elephant got a long trunk, how the zebra got his stripes, and so on� Alternatively have folktale books available for learners to read and get ideas�