|
|
Re: Crafting Writers, Chapter 1
Posted by dc on 6/27/08
I liked her introduction analogy about the six people eating
dinner together. All six agreed that the meal was wonderful,
but only the three experienced cooks could tell what specific
ingredients likely made up the dish to make it so tasty. I
feel that, as a writing teacher, I'm like the inexperienced
cook, who knows that the writing is good/not good, but isn't
able to pick out and describe the SPECIFIC ingredients that
made it good or what is needed to make it better. I'm looking
forward to reading the book and finding specific teaching
points to help move my "gifted" writers forward. I noticed
this year at Open House (with my compare/contrast beginning
and ending writing samples) that my gifted writers were good
at the beginning of the year and they were still good at the
end of the year. I want to move them along on the continuum
and make them BETTER. I want to specifically be able to
notice the difference in their writing from the beginning of
the year to the end. I want their parents and more to the
point, the kids, to be able to see the specific craft that
they have included in their writing that was missing at the
beginning of the year.
Personally, because I am not a teacher who writes for her own
pleasure, I also liked the following quote: "While I support
the concept that writing outside of class time is desirable, I
also believe it is not necesary to write on a consistent basis
in order to teach it well. Nor is it realistic or even fair
to expect that all teachers, especially elementary school
teachers who are responsible for teaching at least three or
four other subjects [try EIGHT other subjects, my dear Ms.
Hale!~dc's words here] besides writing, should have to write
in their spare time. What I do believe is that if the
expectation of what we teach students about writing is
changing, then so should our preparation. If we are to teach
the craft of writing to students, and not just mechanics and
spelling, most of us cannot rely solely on our own histories
of writing instruction." I agreed with this quote of hers.
Thanks for starting us off, dear Judy!
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Crafting Writers, Chapter 1, 6/27/08, by judy3ca.
- Re: Crafting Writers, Chapter 1, 6/27/08, by PMo.
- Re: Crafting Writers, Chapter 1, 6/27/08, by brad.
- Re: Crafting Writers, Chapter 1, 6/27/08, by dc.
- Re: btw brad, I think...., 6/27/08, by dc.
- Re: Crafting Writers, Chapter 1, 6/27/08, by judy3ca.
- Re: Crafting Writers, Chapter 1, 6/27/08, by stacey/4th/FL.
- Re: (((stacey))), 6/27/08, by judy3ca.
- Re: Crafting Writers, Chapter 1, 6/27/08, by Terry.
- Re: About the cooking analogy, 6/28/08, by PMo.
- Re: Crafting Writers, Chapter 1, 6/28/08, by RD.
- Re: Crafting Writers, Chapter 1, 6/28/08, by Terry.
- Re: Crafting Writers, Chapter 1, 6/28/08, by judy3ca.
|
1996 - 2008. All Rights Reserved. Please review our Terms of Use, Mission Statement, and Privacy Policy.
