Karina- You seem to know exactly how to incorporate writing workshop in your class. I, too, think that it is a great idea to integrate writing workshop in the classroom. It helps students to really dig deep and think about why certain things happen or why they can be important. I think that it is a great idea that you want to mix up the topics, so that the students have an opportunity to write about what they are interested in. I always loved when my teacher allowed us to pick our topic during writing. I put a lot of effort into my writing!! I would like for my students to be able to do the same! -Mayra
I agree. The writing workshop can be a great learning tool to use in our classrooms some day. I think that the combination of guided learning and creative, individual discovery is a great one. And I love that at the end it can showcase each student's experience through sharing if they want. As you said, choosing topics that are relevant for what might be going on in your classroom, or in the students' lives in and out of school, is a great way to get them thinking critically and to inspire them to want to write.
The idea of writing being a process is so true. In an earlier Yodio assignment, I discussed a little about how I took many classes for my undergrad about grammar and writing and how exploration and discovery are more important than getting it perfect. I felt as though I was taking the same class, only applied to reading, in this session. The thoughts and concepts behind learning and teaching both subjects are so parallel to one another.
I agree with everyone and that writing workshops are a great tool to help in the classroom. I think that it is great to have students to have structure but as well as being able to write about what interest them. This allows students to work on their writing skills in a structure setting but also being able to write about what they enjoy. Using writing workshops will help guide students to work on their writing skills. Like Angelee says about writing being a process is true. I agree that this can be a task that can be fun but at the same time can also be not so fun. If teachers use writing workshops to write about fun topics it will help students find writing to be fun task. Do you think that writing workshops have any negatives? Overall good response this week. -Stacia
Breaking learning down to the smaller pieces can be helpful. The challenge is to not break it down to such small pieces that the skill/content become "nonsense." We have to break the content/skills down in the context of a bigger picture. For example, with writing workshop---if you see that many of your students are confused about using apostrophes, then you do a mini lesson on that. When it emerges from students' authentic writing, the learning can sometimes "stick" better.
Karina-
ReplyDeleteYou seem to know exactly how to incorporate writing workshop in your class. I, too, think that it is a great idea to integrate writing workshop in the classroom. It helps students to really dig deep and think about why certain things happen or why they can be important. I think that it is a great idea that you want to mix up the topics, so that the students have an opportunity to write about what they are interested in. I always loved when my teacher allowed us to pick our topic during writing. I put a lot of effort into my writing!! I would like for my students to be able to do the same!
-Mayra
I agree. The writing workshop can be a great learning tool to use in our classrooms some day. I think that the combination of guided learning and creative, individual discovery is a great one. And I love that at the end it can showcase each student's experience through sharing if they want. As you said, choosing topics that are relevant for what might be going on in your classroom, or in the students' lives in and out of school, is a great way to get them thinking critically and to inspire them to want to write.
ReplyDeleteThe idea of writing being a process is so true. In an earlier Yodio assignment, I discussed a little about how I took many classes for my undergrad about grammar and writing and how exploration and discovery are more important than getting it perfect. I felt as though I was taking the same class, only applied to reading, in this session. The thoughts and concepts behind learning and teaching both subjects are so parallel to one another.
I agree with everyone and that writing workshops are a great tool to help in the classroom. I think that it is great to have students to have structure but as well as being able to write about what interest them. This allows students to work on their writing skills in a structure setting but also being able to write about what they enjoy. Using writing workshops will help guide students to work on their writing skills. Like Angelee says about writing being a process is true. I agree that this can be a task that can be fun but at the same time can also be not so fun. If teachers use writing workshops to write about fun topics it will help students find writing to be fun task. Do you think that writing workshops have any negatives? Overall good response this week.
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Breaking learning down to the smaller pieces can be helpful. The challenge is to not break it down to such small pieces that the skill/content become "nonsense." We have to break the content/skills down in the context of a bigger picture. For example, with writing workshop---if you see that many of your students are confused about using apostrophes, then you do a mini lesson on that. When it emerges from students' authentic writing, the learning can sometimes "stick" better.
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