Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Crafting Writers Ch. 1-3,6
This reading was very interesting to me because I have never felt confident in a learning style that is affective when it comes to students and their writing abilities. Breaking the process down into sections, such as "voice", makes more sense and helps to build their writing techniques. I was very intrigued with their definition and idea about what it is to have a "voice" when writing. It is so important to give each child as much motivation and resources as possible because they are all going to be different and have a different way of writing. Also, saying that this is a process and not something that happens over night really put me at ease. I always feel pressured to be successful when it comes to lesson plans and activities but being told that "things take time"and "take one step at a time" makes it less stressful. One of these steps or ideas that the reading discussed was including drawings into the writing activities. I think this is a great idea! It gives the students more room to be creative and unique. I encourage uniqueness and creativity because it helps students to think outside of the box and explore their comfort zones with academics.
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Krystal, I completely agree with your whole post. Teaching my students reading and writing skills has always been one of my main concerns because I can remember how difficult it was for me to finally feel confident about my own writing. I also thought it was helpful that the reading pointed out ways of targeting each student's specific learning style. Learning to write can cause students a lot of frustration and knowing what each student prefers as far as teaching techniques will help to put them at ease.
ReplyDeleteYes! And it's the same idea behind "one inch windows"--giving children a specific craft idea, just one small thing to do in their writing is not so overwhelming.
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