Presentation

I think one of the key things when it comes to presentation is clear guidance and expectations so that the children know exactly what you want from them. Last year we started putting checklists in the front of their books stating what we expected and their presentation skills really improved. This year I am also going to try showing them a few pieces of work from other children (from a few years ago if possible) to discuss presentation - what do they think of it and why? What do they think I make of the presentation and why?

Following on from a thread on the TES about improving writing, I am definitely going to get my new class to write a story (or anything they like!) and put it into an envelope labelled with their own name...we will then come back to them midway through the year and they can consider how/if they have improved the presentation of their work. It's not all about handwriting, is it? It's about understanding the margins, underlining dates and titles and being able to use paragraphs (layout of work).

Any fab ideas for improving presentation would be gratefully received!

Thanks


 * ~jog_on**

**I am thinking of spending the first few lessons giving my children bad examples of work that they have to mark and then get them to write advice to the 'author' of the work about how they can make improvements with regard to presentation, capital letters etc. What do people think? -whoa there pickle**

Perhaps you could give them a letter each and tell them that they need to summarise the information - only give them 5 mins...but make the presentation absolutely horrendous so that they can hardly read it...they'll end up saying something about the presentation of the work and you can lead in nicely to your advice for the author! **~Jog_on**