Ch. 13
This was a very hard Chapter for me to read. I guess because my background is strictly in Birth-Kindergarten and I don’t have to face this in the classroom on daily basis. In my classroom we are drawing pictures to creat e a story or a sentence about a topic. I know from my own personal experience in my education I always have struggled with writing assessments so I can relate to the scenario. As a teacher myself, I feel bad for the teachers who battle this dilema on a daily basis. The demands are so intense for educators that I can see why some have to leave the career after so many years. I firmly believe the statement on page 268, “Writing is a performance task that requires substantial effort, motivation, persistance, strategic planning, and skill, as well as knowledge about a topic.” I feel that constantly modeling the skills to students is one of the best way to teach writing skills.
Again, this topic is very new to me so it will be interesting to see what Dr. Frye’s Blog will say about this chapter. If anyone takes notes please pass them my way.
Writing w/o boundaries
The rest of the book was very informative and has helped me in preparing my own reflections. I loved seeing the examples of the students work. Ialso liked how the authors of the book encouraged the readers to utilize the units required by the state curriculum. I feel this project is a great way for students to work on different types of writing and learning to reflect on their own writing and assess their work.
