Composition Through the Years
Following up on last week’s focus on writing instruction, we thought a graph showing the progression of oral (including silent) and written narrations through the grades would be helpful:
Note that some students might not be ready to begin any written narrations until around age 10 and that some students may be ready sooner. Also, note that in the upper grades, oral and silent narrations are still present and important for students to practice. For more information and conversation around this topic, listen in on Office Hours from last week.
Notes
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8. Office Hours: Here is the video from Kerri Forney’s talk on composition instruction through the years.
