Writing


 * Writing**

__**What is Writing?**__


 * The official definition:**


 * Writing** is the process of [|inscribing] [|characters] on a medium, with the intention of forming [|words] and other larger [|language] constructs.


 * What the experts say:**

“Writing is getting information from your head into a recorded source”- Ira Socol, 2009

“A set of visible or tactile signs used to represent units of language in a systematic way“- Blackwell Encyclopedia of Writing Systems.

Writing is a complex task involving cognitive and physical processing to complete.

“Written expression is the most complex task that school children must undertake. It requires coordination of high level and low level cognitive and linguistic processes in the performance of a learned, unnatural skill. It is the **latest** developing language proficiency”-

Dr. Louisa C. Moats, Ed.D.


 * What Writing Isn't**

It isn't simply putting marks on paper. There is a component of Handwriting and Composition. Students can have difficulties with composition and not with handwriting and visa versa.


 * 6 Traits of Writing:**

[|Posters of 6 Traits] [|Misunderstood Minds on PBS presentation about Writing]

Early Childhood Writing Motivator: [|Reason to Write Song]

__**AT SOLUTIONS:**__

Low Tech Strategies for Writing [|Low Tech Supports] Text to Speech Speech to Text Graphic Organizers Speech to Text Microsoft Word Microsoft Accessbility Features

__**Products that Support Writing:**__

Co Writer Tutorials Creating and Using Topic Dictionaries Kurzweil 3000 Tutorials Video How to's

__**Writing Paper**__





[|Graph paper generator]

[|Rocket Word Graph]

[|Prewriting Strategy]

__**Handwriting:**__

__**AT Tool Finders:**__

Examples of Web activities for Writing and background knowledge for writing :

http://www.pdesas.org/module/content/resources/1943/view.ashx

http://www.pdesas.org/module/content/resources/2034/view.ashx

[|sequencing]

[|Sequencing with an Eric Carl Book]



Ideas/Strategies:

[|POWER technique] [|Strategy for Proofreading]