My Writing Class

Timothy Rasinski and Nancy Padak, in their article, “Write Soon!” from The Reading Teacher (2009) emphasize that reading and writing are important skills and explain how parents can easily incorporate them into everyday life. They support this idea by presenting simple ways that parents and their children can do this, such as writing notes to each other, exchanging journals, or making lists. The authors wrote this article in order to help teachers guide parents through developing and supporting their child’s literacy. Rasinski and Padak’s writing is aimed toward teachers who can ultimately use these instructions to encourage

This entails working on the Seven Steps to Writing Success will be taught twice a week and writing tasks will also be included during literacy groups. Sizzling Starts and recounts will be the focus text in term one. Narrative and creative writing will be taught too and in both cases the emphasis will be on creating strong sentences with good structure. The lesson format for sizzling starts and narrative/creative writing will be explicit teaching to the whole class. My role as a teacher will be to identify the student’s level and provide appropriate feedback to support to move students toward the next level.

I would structure writing groups so as this student is grouped with others of the same ability. Duchesne (2013) provides information on evidence that suggests this would be successful as when students compare themselves to someone of the same or lower ability, this secures their self-concept. I would also reflect on how I can continue to create a supportive classroom environment. Am I providing enough opportunities for students to use a combination of printed, spoken, visual and digital processes? Providing such opportunities contributes to their eagerness to write, as it places emphasise on writing versus the focus on neatness and accuracy of spelling (Annandale, 2005). If it is a free choice task, the student may be struggling to make a start due to not knowing what to write about. A print walk around the room to revisit charts they have made for writing prompts and word walls that support writing, will reiterate the supportive classroom environment (Annandale, 2005). I would be flexible in my planning and allow for creative thinking to occur through allowing the students to discuss their writing topic. Collaboration involves asking questions, exploring ideas and generating ideas to spark imagination and creativity (Lyons, Ford, & Slee,

Beginning my career at Western Carolina University, I had no idea the impact writing has on future educators. It is extremely important to have an effective writing strategy in all aspects of teaching. You will be required to write lesson plans, referrals, and letters home to the parents. Each of these have different strategies, and all of these are used simultaneously throughout the school year. Throughout the essay I will explain how to do each of these writings, and also give step by step instructions on an effective way to make sure it is done correctly.

Writing can be a daunting task for students in any grade. Teachers have to implement new basic components for those struggling to write. Finding new methods and being able to execute them requires teachers to design lesson plans that help

Creating and implementing effective lessons for a literacy learner who is struggling with reading and writing takes much effort and appropriate resources. Throughout the Literacy Development course, I have gained much insight and resources that have become valuable tools in addressing students’ literacy needs. Each week, I conducted lessons and activities that targeted the needs of many students, but my initial focus on was on one particular student. His individual reading level, spelling development, and writing abilities were analyzed and the recorded data was used

Upon finishing ENG 101, students will know how to display competence with crowd analysis plus suitable topic choice; build a solid thesis plus paragraph support; revise, edit, and copyedit works in writing; plan and write plus copyedit with speed and/or under deadline pressures; use standard structures for sentences; develop competence with expressions through writing; display having mastered each accepted English use convention; and use conventional spellings, punctuations, and capitalizations.

Starting from the parents, the child must inherit the instinct of wanting to learn to read, developing the curiosity that comes with the increase of knowledge, interaction with others and building positive memories, that motivate the child’s learning to read. An approach that Vygotsky supported promoting scaffolding, a guided process that adults use to teach students how to master a skill, in this case a reading and writing skills. Children begin from the womb recognizing parent’s voices, singing tone for then building connections through prints and letter sounds in an environment that promotes literacy with stories, songs, games, group activities with families, “All about me” share, and “Show and tell”, to display and build a sense of belonging in the class. Nevertheless, incorporating strategies or methods that facilitate learning to read stimulated by own personal learning style. Most young children learn kinesthetically and are visually-sensory prompted to hands on experiences, using appropriate materials in a different setting. Foremost, with an ongoing informal and formal assessment to evaluate students’ pre-knowledge at the beginning of the scholastic year, students’ way of learning, feelings, and connections through the year, and at every lesson, check for understanding, and ways to improve the next step. Ongoing assessment is part of the whole learning process, it will tell you how the students learn, and achieve appropriate reading and writing goals. A good reader promotes a good writer and vice versa, but a firm stepping stone during the developmental stages, in rich literacy environments, attempting to positive interactive experiences, and always monitored, influences the chances of the child sense of wanting to learn to

In looking back on the three essays that I wrote this semester, I did notice several changes and improvements in

Writing is a practice that most of us were taught when we were young. We were taught the basics of grammar, how to form a sentence, conjunction words, how to write paragraphs and more. Although we have learned this skill while growing up and have used the skill every year after entering kindergarten, this does not mean our writing process will ensure the best work. The authors that I chose each encourage their audience to excel in the art of writing in their own way to help with the writing process.

Mom: How do teachers grade him, do they take off for his writing skills in all classes?

This semester I was surprised by how much I actually learned and developed my writing skills. I was given the opportunity to learn the many steps that it is required to become a good writer. Writing requires a lot of work. It consists of various steps; prewriting, drafting, rewriting, proofreading and publishing. . All of these components are extremely important, and necessary, and will need to be follow to improve student’s writing.

With younger grades, you can give the students writing prompt options. Either have one student pick from three or four options, or have the class vote on which option they want. As an alternate, you could give the class at least two writing prompt options, and let each student pick the prompt he or she likes best and write on

For a child that is struggling with writing, one strategy that can be used at home is to have the child keep a journal. Everyday after school, encourage the child to come home and to write down personal events or experiences that happened that day at school. Make sure the journal has notebook lined paper to provide structure for the student. Allow the child to have space while writing their thoughts down. At school often the teacher is looking over them as they write to see if they are spelling words correctly, using correct punctuation, etc. Let the child enjoy the writing process, even if they mess up a bit. Corrections can be made after the child has written down their experiences. Encourage the child to write down fun or silly things from their day. This will shed a positive and enjoyable light on

There is a large difference from how any teacher would grade a senior in high school writing compared to a child just starting elementary school. Regardless all teachers are working toward one goal, making sure each child is successful in wherever they choose to be in life. By using rubrics in writing it shows how well each child understands the different standards, even if they don’t grasp that idea. I wish the textbook we used for English 300 would have talked more using the analytical writing traits in elementary education instead of preparing for college steps because you can’t just expect a child to be writing at a high level without talking about the start of writing and creating that foundation needed for writing in school. As said in