The+development+of+writing

= The Development of Writing  =   The development of writing contains many stages, and children experiment with these as they progress through the development of writing. Children will begin experimenting with symbols and drawings. Their writing progresses through the stages of beginning, early emergent, emergent, early, transitional and extending. Beginning writing is made up of mostly drawings with the child explaining what the drawing means. Symbols like circles and squiggles are used in the experiment of writing. Early-emergent writing shows the stage where the child is using symbols and some known letters to make up a word. This can also go alongside a drawing of what the child is trying to say.  Emergent writing is where a letters are used to link sounds of the word. They may be abbreviated words such as ‘ppl’ for people or ‘llk’ for like. The words are starting to form but not all letters are always in the words. Early writing looks at children continuing to invent the spelling of words and syllable type words are created. It is now evident in the writing, the use of capital letters and lower case letters and spacing between words. Also children begin to understand the different text genres. Transitional writing shows a development in the volume of writing but this comes with a sacrifice to the quality of the work. More plots in narrative writing are created with a resolution in the story being also evident. Punctuation is now well developed. Extending writing is where the child becomes a well developed writer. There is use of a range of different text types along with good punctuation and spelling. Writing and reading goes hand in hand and writing is good in the development of reading because it makes the child slow down and think about the written symbols. This creates a link between reading and writing because it helps them apply the symbols while they are reading. The stages of writing processes are; selecting ideas, organising ideas, drafting, revision and proof reading, publishing, response and evaluation, punctuation, grammar and hand writing. These are developed further and further as the child moves through the writing stages. HOME