I never thought that a person could write to learn. I have always written to express my thoughts and feelings or because I had to. After reviewing the article and the chapter I realized that I use to write to learn all the time. I guess I never realized that I was actually learning and challenging myself. I loved some of the strategies listed. I definitely plan on implementing some of these strategies in my classroom. In the chapter the author gave examples of how writing can take place in classes other than language art classes. I think that writing is very important in figuring out what you do not understand as a learner. Also it is an amazing assessment tool for the teacher. These different writing strategies give teachers a fun and easy way to assess where each student is on their educational journey. I really enjoyed some of the writing prompts in chapter 8. These various prompts were interesting and would help the students from getting bored. I know that I would get bored if every single day I had to write in the same consistent manner. It is our job as teachers to spice things up. As far as my feelings on the two, the article was easier to read than the chapter, but the chapter gave more strategies. The strategies were better strategies in my opinion.
My questions:
• How does a teacher find time to teach various note taking skills?
• What skill is pre-writing addressing?
Brandi, I felt the same way about writing to learn. I think many students often do not realize that they are writing to learn. I know I never realized it through school because my teachers always used the same writing strategies, and I became bored from always doing the same thing. This is probably why I still do not like writing very much. Writing long, lengthy papers was always dreadful to me. I also agree with you that the article was easier to read than the chapter, but the chapter did provide some helpful information about different strategies to use. Great job!!
ReplyDeleteHi Brandi, it's almost as if I'm collecting opening statements and yours hits home, "I never thought that a person could write to learn. I have always written to express my thoughts and feelings or because I had to. After reviewing the article and the chapter I realized that I use to write to learn all the time. I guess I never realized that I was actually learning and challenging myself." That makes me happy that these readings took you to a place where you connected that writing can be another method for making meaning, just like talking through something with someone. Also, appreciate your comment about assessment, but honestly found myself wanting more from you here. Great place to elaborate on--how many ways can you imagine using writing as an assessment and which ones do you see yourself realistically doing? Or doing unrealistically because you believe in its purpose. About pre-writing, imagine brainstorming, playing with ideas and language, drawing, doodling, finding the right place and tools to write, knowing yourself as a writer (your needs and when and how you write your best), etc. Dr B
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