Kate Brown
Speech, Language & Learning
Speech Pathology Services
Writing
Writing is the process of transmitting meaning to a reader.
A competent writer:
To be able to spell correctly a person needs to be able to:
To be able to write effectively a person needs to have good language skills.
Kate Brown Speech, Language & Learning identifies areas of strength and weakness in the writing process at all levels and provides strategies and practices to achieve competency in writing.
• knows the purpose of their writing and who they are writing for
• can generate ideas for writing
• knows strategies for creating a piece of writing
• can spell correctly
• uses correct grammar and sentence structure
• uses correct punctuation
• uses vocabulary, phrases, sentences, paragraphs and structure
effectively
• can proofread and edit their writing.
• segment words into sounds
• translate sounds into letters
• have knowledge of common letter patterns, prefixes and suffixes.