Writing Analysis/Mini Lesson:

Writing Analysis and Mini Lesson

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The writing sample comes from a six year old first grade student . This student has not been identified as ESL or SPED and does not receive these types of services . The student participates in regular classroom literacy instruction . The writing sample chosen for this student looks like this : this is my moder . she is my favrt prsn . she is nis to me . I laik hr vere mush . she cuks gud . she taks me to skul ' This writing sample provides important evidence that

this student is grasping phonetic concepts when attempting to spell and write . The words included in this sample appear to be sounded out letter by letter . Despite the fact that many vowels are omitted from the spelling , it remains clear that the words follow traditional English rules with regards to letter sounds . The most apparent strength this student displays is the ability to correctly spell sight words on a consistent basis . The ability to consistently spell high frequency words is an important step in enhancing overall spelling ability . Further this student displays strength in punctuation as all the telling sentences included in the sample end with a period . However , there are two weaknesses present in this writing sample as well . The first is with spelling . This student appears to have a difficult time spelling words with multiple syllables such as mother ' and favorite ' The sample also shows weakness with capitalization rules as of the sentences begin with a...