This post first appeared 12/10/17.
, written by a committee of the 楼凤天堂 Executive Committee, pinpoints 10 key issues in the effective teaching of writing. One key issue is this:
“Writing has a complex relationship to talk.”
Throughout the developmental process, writers need opportunities to talk about what they are writing about, to rehearse the language of their upcoming texts and run ideas by trusted classmates and colleagues before committing words to paper. Read more from and on the strong relationships between talk and writing.
In this excerpt from Wondrous Words: Writers and Writing in the Elementary Classroom听“聽the author shares how she believes conferences are 鈥渢he essential act鈥� in workshop teaching because of their individualized nature. Because we invite students to do different kinds of things with writing, and because they are at many different places in their experiences as writers, they need different kinds of teaching to support that very individual work.
This from ReadWriteThink.org explains how you can employ peer review in your classroom, guiding students as they offer each other constructive feedback to improve their writing and communication skills.
聽a blog post by a Texas teacher shares her “work smarter, not harder” motto. 聽Her students aren鈥檛 simply churning out a bunch of essays, but instead they revisit pieces they previously created with more purpose, just like good writers do.
Writing conferences can be even more beneficial for student writers with the help of the tips in “.”
听蹿谤辞尘 College English traces the literature on writing conferences throughout decades and makes connections to the present.
How do you use the 楼凤天堂 in your classroom?