Miss Xuma, a Grade 3 teacher, wanted to teach shared writing in her class. She chose the topic, "Lockdown with your family". She began during listening and speaking time to talk about the things that learners did during lockdown, when schools were closed. She asked them to think about what they did, with whom, and where. She then listened to a few learners and selected one learner's story to write down.

Q1: Use the scenario to discuss the strategy that Mrs Xuma used to develop the writing skills of her learners in the above lesson.

Q2: Teaching writing can be done in a series of lessons. Illustrate the reasons why you think it is important to teach a writing task using a writing cycle.

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Q1 Strategy Used by Miss Xuma to Develop Writing Skills Miss Xuma employed the strategy of shared writing to develop the writing skills of her Grade 3 learners in the lesson about Lockdown with your f... View the full answer