WRITING TEACHER ELENI ROSSIDOU ©Υπουργείο Παιδείας και Πολιτισμού

Why do students drop out of school? How can this problem be solved? ©Υπουργείο Παιδείας και Πολιτισμού

Step by step  Plan  Vocabulary  Ideas  Organize ideas  Layout  Introduction and Conclusion ©Υπουργείο Παιδείας και Πολιτισμού

Plan  Don’t start writing  Make a plan on paper –Spend 5 minutes planning –Vocab –Ideas –Organize ideas –Layout –Intro and Conclusion ©Υπουργείο Παιδείας και Πολιτισμού

Vocabulary  Think of synonyms (words which mean the same)  Think of related words and phrases –Change –nouns to verbs –verbs to nouns –adjectives to nouns, etc ©Υπουργείο Παιδείας και Πολιτισμού

Students drop out of school… –Synonyms –drop out = leave early, fail to complete, not complete, do not finish  school = education, schooling –Verbs to Nouns: –drop out = early leavers –solve = solution –school = education ©Υπουργείο Παιδείας και Πολιτισμού

Ideas: Write- don’t organize  Doesn’t like school  Doesn’t have money  Lazy, wants to play  Has to get married  Has failed some subjects  Thinks school is boring  Has learning problems  Problems from father  Culture or society  Peer pressure  Already has job  School is boring  Has to work  Does not see benefit ©Υπουργείο Παιδείας και Πολιτισμού

Group related ideas  Doesn’t like school  Doesn’t have money  Lazy, wants to play  Has to get married  Has failed some subjects  Thinks school is boring  Has learning problems  Problems from father  Culture or society  Peer pressure  Already has job  School is boring  Has to work  Does not see benefit  Group related ideas Family reasons ©Υπουργείο Παιδείας και Πολιτισμού

Group related ideas  Doesn’t like school  Doesn’t have money  Lazy, wants to play  Has to get married  Has failed some subjects  Thinks school is boring  Has learning problems  Problems from father  Culture or society  Peer pressure  Already has job  School is boring  Has to work  Does not see benefit Academic reasons ©Υπουργείο Παιδείας και Πολιτισμού

Group related ideas  Doesn’t like school  Doesn’t have money  Lazy, wants to play  Has to get married  Has failed some subjects  Thinks school is boring  Has learning problems  Problems from father  Culture or society  Peer pressure  Already has job  School is boring  Has to work  Does not see benefit Social reasons ©Υπουργείο Παιδείας και Πολιτισμού

Write topic sentences  Many students drop out of school for family reasons  Social pressures are another cause  Some students do not complete school because of reasons related to work ©Υπουργείο Παιδείας και Πολιτισμού

Get the paragraph ideas Many students drop out of school for family reasons. –get married –no benefit from education –family businesses ©Υπουργείο Παιδείας και Πολιτισμού

Write full paragraph  Many students drop out of school for family reasons. Some parents want their children to get married early. Other parents do not see the value or benefit of education. Some families want their children to work in family businesses, and think that the children do not need a qualification ©Υπουργείο Παιδείας και Πολιτισμού

Layout Two Layouts  Intro  Problems  Solutions  Conclusion  Intro  Problem 1: Solution  Problem 2: Solution  Problem 3: Solution  Conclusion ©Υπουργείο Παιδείας και Πολιτισμού