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Step 1: Listing all that has to be taught Step 2: Preparing word-letter lists Step 3: Planning a primer lesson (introduction) Step 4 :Deciding the order in which to introduce letters Step 5 :Finding and teaching functor words Step 6 :Preparing the first lessons of the primer Step 7: Writing the story for the reading page Step 8: Preparing functor drills Step 9: Preparing word-building drills Step 10: Preparing syllable drills Step 11: Teaching capital letters Step 12: Teaching punctuation Step 13: Teaching elision Step 14: Teaching tone Step 15: Preparing revision lessons Step 16: Teaching writing Step 17: Preparing notes for teachers Step 18: Concerning format, layout and illustrations Step 19: Testing the primer series Step 20: Preparing tests to accompany the primers Step 21: Towards preparing the first post-primer book and other post-primer material
Outline schedule for a Primer Construction Workshop Worksheet for planning primmer lessons
Part 1: The complete literacy programme--an outline Part 2: Towards preparing a pre-primer Part 3: Discovering common grammatical features in a language Part 4: Concerning teachers' guides Part 5: On preparing supplementary teachers' aids Part 6: Questionnaire
