Strategy: Planning using Word and Texthelp
5 Keywords: Essay Planing, Dyslexia, Specific Learning Difficulties, Learning Differences, Learning Disabilities
"If I am planning an essay, first I will read around the topic, highlight the quotes I need and then I will write down the headings, work out the word count for each section and finally put the quotes in each section and write around them. I seem to have a mind map in my head, a vision of the plan so I do not need to have that on paper."
"Now (which I never did before), I listen to it while I’m reading it from paper. Then if there is a change needed, I’ll stop the reading and change it on the laptop, which has helped me loads. It’s a lot quicker."
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"I’d do it all by paper first. I just don’t like the thought of typing in my thoughts. I write what my thoughts are … a plan, and then I will go and type it. Then I re-edit it on the laptop after that. I always print off millions of copies and will always have a new copy of the essay once the edits are done, and then read it through again."
- LottieTip
Think about these proof reading tips. "I prefer reading off paper and having it on screen. I don’t know why but I like to mark .. highlight on the paper. Once I fiddle I feel like I could lose my place, but with paper I know where I am, so I just keep going." (Lottie)
