Conventions of print and sentence structure < Ar ais go dtí Writing Conventions of print and sentence structure Stage 1 Junior & Senior Infants Through appropriately playful and engaging learning experiences, children should be able to Stage 2 1st & 2nd Class Through appropriately playful and engaging learning experiences, children should be able to Stage 3 3rd & 4th Class Through appropriately playful and engaging learning experiences, children should be able to Stage 4 Fifth and Sixth class Through appropriately engaging learning experiences, children should be able to Use basic conventions of print Conventions of print Conventions of print are accepted ways of presenting and organising written text so that this text is consistently and easily understood by all readers. The conventions include the following: print carries a message, left to right orientation of print, top to bottom orientation of print, return sweep, appropriate spacing, capitalisation, grammar and punctuation. Digital conventions include: scrolling, swiping left to right, top to bottom orientation of print. and sentence structure. Gnásanna bunúsacha an chló chomh maith le struchtúr abairte a úsáid agus iad ag cumadh téacsanna i bpáirt le daoine nó go neamhspleách. Úsáid a bhaint as gnásanna an chló, struchtúir abairte níos casta, aimsirí cearta na mbriathra agus nascfhocail ina gcuid scríbhneoireachta. (TF3, C1 + 2) Use more sophisticated conventions of print Conventions of print Conventions of print are accepted ways of presenting and organising written text so that this text is consistently and easily understood by all readers. The conventions include the following: print carries a message, left to right orientation of print, top to bottom orientation of print, return sweep, appropriate spacing, capitalisation, grammar and punctuation. Digital conventions include: scrolling, swiping left to right, top to bottom orientation of print. and sentence structure, and a range of verb tenses and connectives Connectives Connectives are words which link paragraphs and sentences to focus on time, cause and effect, comparison or addition. Connectives relate ideas to one another and help to show the logic of the information. Connectives are important resources for creating cohesion in texts. The purposes of connectives can be grouped as follows: temporal – to indicate time or sequence ideas (eg first, second, next) causal – to show cause and effect (eg because, for, so) additive – to add information (eg also, besides, furthermore) comparative – eg rather, alternatively conditional/concessive – to make conditions or concession (eg yet, although) clarifying – for example in fact, for example. in their writing. Úsáid a bhaint as gnásanna an chló atá ag éirí níos caolchúisí an t-am ar fad ina scríbhneoireacht neamhspleách. Úsáid a bhaint as abairtí simplí, comhshuite agus casta agus iad ag athrú fhad na n-abairtí chun dul in oiriúint do lucht léitheoireachta, stíl agus tuin a gcuid scríbhneoireachta. Úsáid a bhaint as struchtúr abairte, aimsirí cearta na mbriathra, agus nascfhocail ina gcuid scríbhneoireachta i seánraí éagsúla. (TF3, C3 + 4) Use increasingly nuanced print conventions in their independent writing. Use a variety of simple, compound and complex sentence structures, varying sentence length to suit the audience Audience The audience is the intended group of readers, listeners, viewers that the writer, designer, or speaker is addressing. , style and tone of their writing Progression steps The child… experiments with signs, symbols and text to communicate. The child… uses signs, symbols and text to create meaning. The child… distinguishes between letters and pictures. The child… distinguishes between reading and writing and writes left to right, top to bottom, page by page. The child… uses some correct word order, sentence structure and letters, spaces, words, sentences, full-stops, and begins to use capital letters appropriately. The child… uses correct word order, sentence structure, capitals and complete sentences. The child… uses question marks, basic connectives Connectives Connectives are words which link paragraphs and sentences to focus on time, cause and effect, comparison or addition. Connectives relate ideas to one another and help to show the logic of the information. Connectives are important resources for creating cohesion in texts. The purposes of connectives can be grouped as follows: temporal – to indicate time or sequence ideas (eg first, second, next) causal – to show cause and effect (eg because, for, so) additive – to add information (eg also, besides, furthermore) comparative – eg rather, alternatively conditional/concessive – to make conditions or concession (eg yet, although) clarifying – for example in fact, for example. , some correct verb tenses, and begins to use paragraphs. The child… uses quotation marks and exclamation marks to punctuate and add intonation to reading. The child… uses commas, possessive apostrophes, contractions, paragraphs, compound and complex sentences Complex sentences A complex sentence has an independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses. A complex sentence always has a subordinator (also known as a subordinate conjunction) such as because, since, after, although, or when or a relative pronoun such as that, who, or which e.g. The students are studying because they have a test tomorrow. , and mostly correct verb tenses. The child… uses a wide range of conventions of print Conventions of print Conventions of print are accepted ways of presenting and organising written text so that this text is consistently and easily understood by all readers. The conventions include the following: print carries a message, left to right orientation of print, top to bottom orientation of print, return sweep, appropriate spacing, capitalisation, grammar and punctuation. Digital conventions include: scrolling, swiping left to right, top to bottom orientation of print. (for example colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen etc.) examines how conventions of print Conventions of print Conventions of print are accepted ways of presenting and organising written text so that this text is consistently and easily understood by all readers. The conventions include the following: print carries a message, left to right orientation of print, top to bottom orientation of print, return sweep, appropriate spacing, capitalisation, grammar and punctuation. Digital conventions include: scrolling, swiping left to right, top to bottom orientation of print. and sentence structure aids meaning, conveys a message, and enhances the readers’ experience. recognises and compares differences in sentence structure in English, Irish, and other languages. uses digital formats to convey variance in conventions of print Conventions of print Conventions of print are accepted ways of presenting and organising written text so that this text is consistently and easily understood by all readers. The conventions include the following: print carries a message, left to right orientation of print, top to bottom orientation of print, return sweep, appropriate spacing, capitalisation, grammar and punctuation. Digital conventions include: scrolling, swiping left to right, top to bottom orientation of print. across languages (e.g. é, β, ϋ, ѐ etc.). The child… selects and justifies appropriate conventions of print Conventions of print Conventions of print are accepted ways of presenting and organising written text so that this text is consistently and easily understood by all readers. The conventions include the following: print carries a message, left to right orientation of print, top to bottom orientation of print, return sweep, appropriate spacing, capitalisation, grammar and punctuation. Digital conventions include: scrolling, swiping left to right, top to bottom orientation of print. and sentence structure to aid meaning; to convey a message; and to enhance the readers’ experience. discusses sentence structure in English, Irish, and other languages. demonstrates an understanding of the impact of varying types and lengths of sentences when creating text. Support materials for teachers Writing - Scríbhneoireacht Example of student work Writing - Scríbhneoireacht Relevant across all strands Example of student work Relevant across all strands
