Starter quiz
- Select the tasks that would be best suited to using a pencil.
- drawing a diagram of the water cycle ✓
- writing a letter to your head teacher
- drawing a dinosaur ✓
- writing an invitation to a party
- completing a mathematical calculation ✓
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- Select the tasks that would be best suited to using a pen.
- writing a thank you letter to your aunty ✓
- sketching the Eiffel Tower
- the final draft of an essay ✓
- drawing a map of the city
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- What are the benefits to writing at speed?
- increased efficiency and productivity ✓
- decreased efficiency and productivity
- increased fluency ✓
- decreased fluency
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- What are the disadvantages of writing at speed?
- increased legibility of writing
- decreased legibility of writing ✓
- physical strain ✓
- decrease in accuracy of writing ✓
- increase in accuracy of writing
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Which cursive letter joins are being used in this quote?- first join ✓
- second join ✓
- third join ✓
- fourth join
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- Select the words using the fourth join.
- happy
- dolly ✓
- faster
- owl ✓
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Key learning points
- Print handwriting is recommended for tasks where clarity, legibility and uniformity are essential.
- Application forms and medical forms will require you to fill information out in print or block capitals.
- E-mail addresses and postal addresses require the use of print letters or capital letters to ensure legibility.
- Block capitals refer to the writing style where each letter is written as a capital letter and formed separately.
- Letter formation and letter spacing should be accurate when writing in print to ensure legibility.
Common misconception
Sometimes children can revert back to cursive when comparing print and block capitals.
Remind the children that when writing in print, you lift your pencil after forming each letter. Emphasise this in your modelling to remind the children.
Keywords
Print - the writing style where letters are formed individually and don't join to other letters
Capital letter - the uppercase formation of a letter
Legible - clear and easy to read and understand
Block capitals - the writing style where each letter is written as an uppercase letter
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