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Re: Crafting Writers, Chapter 1
Posted by judy3ca on 6/28/08
Oooh, it gets tough to respond when so many of you have such clever
insights!
*I love PMo's cooking analogy. Actually (stealing from another
thread) what she's doing is what I call synthesizing a la MOT:
taking info from more than one place, mixing/matching/deleting, and
coming up with an original product/idea. As to her conclusion (I
sure hope PMo is a 'her'), yes, I like to let kids experiment a lot
before hammering them with rules. My kids wrote dialogue all year.
I taught a few advanced kids in conferences about commas within
quotation marks and dropping to a new line when a new person speaks,
but I waited to teach the whole class until the end of the year when
they REALLY knew what dialogue was.
*PMo also says that "It helps to point out dialogue use, for
example, in published writers and stories we've studied." This is
exactly what I'm doing with Anderson's Everyday Editing and it fits
PERFECTLY with Crafting Writers. I'm so excited!
*RD, I'm so glad you're joining us (this is why I'm so tickled the
book is available online-->everyone can join in). I, too, love the
way Hale explains the evolution of her thought. Again, for me, this
is synthesis a la MOT. I love all of her real-life analogies:
cooking, swimming, etc. She really makes sure I understand and I
appreciate that enormously.
*Terry, I agree with you wholeheartedly when you say, "I am hoping
if I become more specific in my lessons." I so need to be more
strategic and deliberate, really thinking about how I can, as Hale
says, give kids ownership of these new craft strategies. I am
pretty good about noticing, but I need to carry all the way through
to application (now I'm talking Bloom).
*Like Terry, I've started thinking about how I can use this. I
really need to think. Last night, unable to sleep, I wondered what
this would look like with getting kids to add emotion:
It was finally time for my birthday party. (original sentence)
I was happy it was finally time for my birthday party. (add
adjective to show emotion)
I was ecstatic... (use thesaurus to find more exact adjective)
I was as happy as a clam that ... (add simile)
Jumping with joy, I knew it was finally... (show, don't tell)
I was a jumping bean, waiting for my party to start. (metaphor)
I apologize--don't laugh--these aren't great examples, but I love
the way I can easily get from adding an adjective of emotion (for a
struggling student) to much more complex lessons for advanced
writers. Do you think I'm getting it?
Sorry this is so long,
Judy
On 6/28/08, Terry wrote:
> PMO, I love what you said about the rosemary....and it made me
> stop and think about my young writers. I do think I celebrate
> when they try things out, even if it is in the oatmeal and it
> doesn't belong there! But, I am not seeing them try things out
> like I would want them to. I am hoping if I become more specific
> in my lessons, and not just show them it in a book, or give them
> an example. I think I will have to be very deliberate in my
> reading of this book, actually plan out lessons to use. I know
> Judy you are good about that.
> RD, when you are ready with Study Driven you say the word. I
> really do think those two books can go hand in hand.
> Terry (who should be typing a paper)
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.
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