{"id":356,"date":"2019-10-20T20:31:58","date_gmt":"2019-10-20T20:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/onthankp6\/?page_id=356"},"modified":"2022-01-18T19:12:25","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T19:12:25","slug":"writing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/onthankp6\/writing\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"

We use VCOP in school to help children achieve their individual writing targets.<\/span><\/h3>\n
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VCOP are the initial letters of the words Vocabulary, Connectives, Openers, and Punctuation<\/b>. These are the categories which are used to stimulate children into more imaginative writing.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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How can you help?
\n\u2022 Read to, and with, your child.
\n\u2022 Talk about and write down interesting (wow) words in the
\nstories you are reading at home.
\n\u2022 Ask your child to try using the words you have found in a sentence.
\n\u2022 When you use a word your child is unfamiliar with, discuss what it means with
\nthem (encourage them to use the word in a sentence).
\n\u2022 Discuss with them words that you would use in different situations (e.g. formal,
\ninformal).
\n\u2022 Have a mini-quiz: \u2018How many words can you think of instead of \u2018said\u2019?\u2019 or \u2018went\u2019,
\n\u2018nice\u2019, \u2018good\u2019. Put each one in a sentence.
\n\u2022 Give your child two different words and ask them to make different a sentence
\nfrom them. E.g.: \u2018magical\u2019 and \u2018boy\u2019
\n\u2022 Encourage your child to look up vocabulary to find possible synonyms (a word or
\nphrase that means the same).<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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How can you help?
\n\u2022 Try to search for connectives in the stories you read at home. Use a highlighter pen
\nto highlight connectives in old newspapers\/magazines.
\n\u2022 Give your child a connective and ask them to use it in a sentence.
\n\u2022 Think about connectives that have a similar meaning. For example, which
\nconnectives could be used instead of \u2018but\u2019? (however)
\n\u2022 Try rearranging sentences with the connectives at the start.
\nE.g. The little boy shivered, despite it being warm in the cave.
\nDespite it being warm in the cave, the little boy shivered.<\/div>\n
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How can you help?
\n\u2022 Look out for different types of ISPACED openers when reading with your
\nchild. Why has the author chosen to start the sentence in that way?
\n\u2022 Ask your child to use the openers you have found and to use them to start
\ntheir own sentences.<\/div>\n
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How can you help?
\n\u2022 Look at different types of punctuation with your child in their reading book.
\nDiscuss why the author has chosen to use it.
\n\u2022 Use a highlighter pen to highlight different forms of punctuation in old
\nnewspapers\/magazines.
\n\u2022 Give your child a piece of punctuation and ask them to give you a sentence
\nusing it.
\n\u2022 For older children, ask them to write a short story\/article and try to use all
\nthe punctuation on the bottom row of the pyramid!<\/div>\n

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We use VCOP in school to help children achieve their individual writing targets. VCOP are the initial letters of the words Vocabulary, Connectives, Openers, and Punctuation. These are the categories which are used to stimulate children into more imaginative writing. How can you help? \u2022 Read to, and with, your child. \u2022 Talk about and… Continue reading Writing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11395,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-356","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/onthankp6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/onthankp6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/onthankp6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/onthankp6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/onthankp6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/onthankp6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1101,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/onthankp6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/356\/revisions\/1101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/onthankp6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}