Writing a PSW Journal Entry
Writing a PSW Journal Entry
Personal Support Workers (PSWs) work with patients requiring various types of care. Writing reports or case notes on the tasks performed and the observations about the patient are a vital part of the job. This task requires the learner to imagine that they are a PSW writing about a day with a client. This skill can be used to write journal entries, reports, or work order notes.
- Paper
- Pen/pencil
WritingaPSWjournalentry_EASP_B2.2.doc — Never downloaded
WritingaPSWjournalentry_EASP_B2.2.pdf — Never downloadedB2. Write continuous text
Competency B: Communicate Ideas and Information
Task Group B2: Write continuous text
Level:2
At this level, learners: Write texts to explain and describe information and ideas
Performance Descriptors
The learner:
- Writes texts to explain or describe
- Conveys intended meaning on familiar topics for a limited range of purposes and audiences
- Begins to sequence writing with some attention to organizing principles (e.g. time, importance)
- Connects ideas using paragraph structure
- Uses a limited range of vocabulary and punctuation appropriate to the task
- Begins to select words and tone appropriate to the task
- Begins to organize writing to communicate effectively
Task Descriptors
- Scope of task is clearly defined
- Content of writing is routine
- Addresses a familiar or unfamiliar audience
- Requires a degree of formality, such as appropriate tone
- Is one paragraph or longer
- Requires organization to support the message (e.g. sentence order, paragraphs)
- May include unfamiliar elements (e.g. vocabulary, context, topic)
Text types:
instructional, descriptive, narrative, and informational texts
Examples:
- Emails
- Brief letters
- Notices
ESKARGO:
Embedded Skills, Knowledge and Attitudes Reference Guide for Ontario – B2.2