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Introduction
Writing frames help to gather children's thoughts,
organise them and provide a framework for their recording. Children
can then concentrate on what they want to say rather than getting lost
in the form.
ICT can be used to create writing frames for composing
directly on screen. Angela Stafford explains how to set up documents
in Microsoft Word for children to use in this way.
Why create a template
with protected fields as a writing frame?
Have you ever used a table or a number of text boxes on a page and wished
you could keep the thing from getting bigger or moving the other boxes
further down the page as you fill in the box with text? With children
it is ten times worse.
There is a solution! Create a document in Word with form fields, and
protect the whole document. You can specify exactly which areas of a
page children can type on to, and how much typing they can do.
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