Writing

Writing consists in making your simultaneous thoughts into a network of ideas which are logically and linguistically connected (coherence and cohesion) according to your communicative aim.

A written text is made up of several factors

Communicative aimThe reason why you write:(inform, convince, describe, narrate…)

Text genre: (essay, dialogue, diary,

letter,etc.)

Receiver:(teacher, friend, director..)

Topic:subject,contents, Ideas you want to develop

Style:

Word choice (lexis, register,

tone)

Grammar and syntax (verb tenses and modes, concord, conjunctions, punctuation)

Text organization = coherence and unity(paragraphs, topics,sections, parts)

Writing steps

Planning•Orientation•Conceiving•Planning

Writing•Draft•Organization•cohesion

Revision•rereading•Correction

1. Planning

- Who is the receiver?

1a. Orientation

- What is the topic?

- What kind of text do I choose?

- What is the communicative aim?

Defining the text coordinates

- Collecting the information

1b. Conceiving

- Elaborating ideas

- Confronting arguments

Data collection

List. Writing a list of ideas

quickly and without selecting

them, one below the other, as

soon as they come into your

mind

Some examples of techniques for collecting and grouping your ideas

Cluster. Draw the initial topic at the centre of a concept map, then write your ideas around it as soon as they com einto your mind.

The ideas have to be connected by association, according to their affinity.

Some examples of techniques for collecting and grouping your ideas

Deciding the order of the topics/arguments (list of points)

1c. Planning

Fix the overall structure of the text

Ideas organization

Ex. Argumentative text(aim: to convince)

Ex. Narrative text(aim: to narrate)

conclusion

problem

arguments(for antithesys)

arguments

thesisantithesis

confutation(of antithesis)

Initial situation

Initial balance is broken

development

Suspence climax

Final situation

2. Writing

- Respect of grammar and punctuation

Choice of the words and syntax which are more suitable for the kind of text

- development of the contentsAccording to the kind of text

- text cohesion and coherence

3. Revision

Make the final text:· correct· clear· effective

- Decide its final version

- revise, correct and modify text

StorytellingStorytelling, of course, means narrating;

but at the same time it alsomeans the art of tellingappealing tales,

that is the rules for constructing and tellingstories

Digital Storytelling

1) Selecting contents from the web depending on the theme (videos, audio, pictures, texts, maps, etc.)

2) Organizing them into acoherent narrative structure

3) creating a story made up of several elements of different kind which allow an emotional connection with the audience

It consists in:

A narration made with the help of digital tools (web apps, webware)

4) Sharingyour workon the web with thousands of people

Advantages of Digital Storytelling in teaching writing

Style of Storytelling by Julian Stodd

Besides teaching, storytelling can be used whenever there is the need to support something through cosa communication: a company, a brand, a product, a person or an event

Five basic rules that must be followed to make a successful storytelling

Know your topic and your

receivers

Respect the 5 W

Use your imagination

show, don’t say!

Know the beginning and

the ending

Be sure you know and understand the subject/theme/topic of your storytelling and your target audience:

the tone and the mode of your narration must be credible, coherent and effective to the receivers

1. Who is the protagonist/what is the focus of the story?

2. What happens in the story?/What main message(s) do you want to convey?

4. When does the story take place?

3. Where is the story set?

5. Why does your story take place?/Why do you want to focus on certain things?

Effectivetelling

Pay attention to the details and to

the specific elements of the

plot/picture

Don’t fill the story with too many

useless narrative items

Immerse your target

audience in in a sensorial experience

To communicate a concept in an effective and convincing way it is preferable not to say it too directly

Communicate a concept Through the narrated

events

Be genuine Be convincing

The story must keep an organic unity and a global coherence in the narration

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