Blog #2
Entry #2: Reflect on the writing instruction you have received. Which
view of writing described in this chapter corresponds most closely to your
experiences?
In elementary school, I don't remember ever receiving actual instruction in writing. I remember writing, but never an actual story in school. My writing during this time consisted of writing in my journal at night. I also remember my mom making me write the grocery list and thank you notes to relatives.
In middle and high school, I remember the process of writing consisting of writing to prompts. These prompts were always teacher made with little or no room for personal ideas and thoughts. During this time, I do remember learning topic sentences and sentence structure. What I remember the most is editing. It seems like we would spend hours trading papers and looking for mechanical errors. I don't remember ever editing the content and voice, but I do remember looking for spelling, periods, capitols. I learned through more of a traditional approach were the structure was more important than the content in a linear fashion.
In college my freshman year, I remember the eye opening Lit class where writing became a very important aspect of my life. This is where I learned the meaning of content and structure together. Writing became an enjoyable experience. It was an outlet for expressing my thoughts and ideas. I had the opportunity to add my own flare, and I was not always required to follow the set prompt.
My first year of teaching, I taught 7th grade. This is where I was introduced to the 6 Trait of Writing and the importance of instruction and writing to read and reading to write. The writing process finally sunk in. Yes, it took being in a class of 13 year old's at the age of 23 as "their" teacher to finally figure out the process of writing. I learned with those students, and continue to learn each and everyday with each class and each lesson. The one thing I have learned about writing is it is a process that only develops and strengthens.
In elementary school, I don't remember ever receiving actual instruction in writing. I remember writing, but never an actual story in school. My writing during this time consisted of writing in my journal at night. I also remember my mom making me write the grocery list and thank you notes to relatives.
In middle and high school, I remember the process of writing consisting of writing to prompts. These prompts were always teacher made with little or no room for personal ideas and thoughts. During this time, I do remember learning topic sentences and sentence structure. What I remember the most is editing. It seems like we would spend hours trading papers and looking for mechanical errors. I don't remember ever editing the content and voice, but I do remember looking for spelling, periods, capitols. I learned through more of a traditional approach were the structure was more important than the content in a linear fashion.
In college my freshman year, I remember the eye opening Lit class where writing became a very important aspect of my life. This is where I learned the meaning of content and structure together. Writing became an enjoyable experience. It was an outlet for expressing my thoughts and ideas. I had the opportunity to add my own flare, and I was not always required to follow the set prompt.
My first year of teaching, I taught 7th grade. This is where I was introduced to the 6 Trait of Writing and the importance of instruction and writing to read and reading to write. The writing process finally sunk in. Yes, it took being in a class of 13 year old's at the age of 23 as "their" teacher to finally figure out the process of writing. I learned with those students, and continue to learn each and everyday with each class and each lesson. The one thing I have learned about writing is it is a process that only develops and strengthens.
posted by Unknown @ 10:46 AM
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1 Comments:
Amberlyn, I have also finally felt learning 'sink in' as I am teaching something to young students. As we learn and use effective teaching strategies, we realize that we were not always taught using the best techniques... and so we do better than what we experienced.
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