Our Year 10 students will be sitting their literacy co-requisite in Week 9 of this term. In the lead up to this, we are focusing on it at school, and we would also really appreciate parents’ help in keeping an eye on the kids’ work at home, too.
The aim is for students to see the importance of written accuracy across all subjects, all the time, not just when they are being assessed.
One good thing to focus on is capital letters. Capital letters are important and something basic that students can focus on. Most students know this rule but get lazy when working on a device – it is important students get into the habit of typing correctly by using the [shift] key and the letter.
Capital Letters are used:
- At the start of each sentence, for ‘I’, and for proper nouns.
- A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, or thing. You need to use a capital letter for every part of the name.
For example: Westlake Girls’ High School is a specific school, so each word needs to be capitalised.
(If someone said, “I go to high school,” this is not a specific name so ‘high school’ isn’t capitalised.)
- Remind students that they need to use the [shift] key!
Thanks!