Honestly, I must admit that after completing this course and even while creating these reflections, I am feeling very overwhelmed as to how and when to impart the many strategies and approaches that were learned throughout the course.
The aspect of our teamwork that I enjoyed most was creating our Digital Storybook and class presentations because they enabled us to exercise our creative, technical and teamworking skills.
I recall expressing that this method is one very simple but influencial method of 'writing'... it indicates that writing now involves more than just pen and pencil, just as similarly teaching is more than just 'chalk and talk'.
There are so many strategies and also so many facets of writing.
Our lecturer was very successful in modelling the passion for writing via her methods of excitably imparting the knowledge of the many strategies, encouragement to apply those strategies during our teaching practicum and in our classrooms and also how writing can be used as a source of professional development.
In deciding how to effectively reflect on the influence the course had and will continue to influence me as teacher, I have decided to sum it up and express via an acronym.
W - work along with each student to master and appreciate writing to at least a little above basic level
R - regularly review the writing process and practice it as much as is possible with all the genres of
writing.
I - integrate fun activities and enthusiastic modelling of the passion for writing.
T - take the time to carefully plan lessons and assessments that will benefit my students writing skills
I - involve the use of strategies such as free-writing, peer sharing and writing for the school
newsletter
N - never assume that my students have learned enough about the joys and dynamics of writing
G - give every student a fair and equal opportunity to become aware of and embrace writing at
their own level and with their learning ability.
Monday, December 24, 2018
Sunday, December 23, 2018
Unit 2 - Writing as a stage, Process and Trait
Writing can be viewed within three different dimensions - a Trait, Process and stage.
As a Stage -
Initially, I thought this referred to a part of the developmental process of learning, where children were ready to express themselves through writing.
However, we began to explore the writing process as it relates to the child's developmental stage of readiness. It indicates that children write according to their abilities.
For instance, stage 1, Emergent - this is the stage where they create letter-like forms, scribbling and drawing. During this stage, we need to help them to develop fine motor skills, basic punctuation and develop ideas orally. They would also be exposed to high-frequency words.
During stage 2 - the Early stage they are introduced to different genres of writing, spacing between words, writing on the line and more improved spelling and word choice.
Stage 3 - The Transitional stage is where they would be better able to spell more words correctly, developing and organising ideas and more control over elements such as capitalisation, grammar and word choice.
Stage 4 - Fluent stage is the most advance, where they are able to demonstrate more correct spelling, idea organisation and also create their own writers voice.
Traits refers to a characteristic or identifying aspect of someone or something. But what can be some of the traits of writing be?
I learned that it goes further than good penmanship and word choice or whether a passage sounds interesting.
It involves traits such as the writer's voice which expresses his/her emotion and sincere thoughts, a compilation of supportive details and ideas to express the overall message, meaning and purpose. Then finally, the Conventions are essential in enabling that the writing is enjoyed and understood by the reader. This is due to use of correct spelling,capitalisation, relevant contractions, indenting and such 'mechanics' which make the writing generally well-structured.
As a Process, effective writing is achieved by a process which is a guide for ensuring that the completed piece is successful (its content and structure)This process refers to the following:
Each step flows into the other, thus creating the completed product.
Withing the revision stage, ARMS is utilised, where we will add, remove, move or substitute words appropriately.
In my opinion, each teacher should be aware of the stages of writing so as to effectively teach so as to result in effective and meaningful learning. For instance, planning a lesson activity for kindergarten (emergent) will require different activity types for a grade 2
As a Stage -
Initially, I thought this referred to a part of the developmental process of learning, where children were ready to express themselves through writing.
However, we began to explore the writing process as it relates to the child's developmental stage of readiness. It indicates that children write according to their abilities.
For instance, stage 1, Emergent - this is the stage where they create letter-like forms, scribbling and drawing. During this stage, we need to help them to develop fine motor skills, basic punctuation and develop ideas orally. They would also be exposed to high-frequency words.
During stage 2 - the Early stage they are introduced to different genres of writing, spacing between words, writing on the line and more improved spelling and word choice.
Stage 3 - The Transitional stage is where they would be better able to spell more words correctly, developing and organising ideas and more control over elements such as capitalisation, grammar and word choice.
Stage 4 - Fluent stage is the most advance, where they are able to demonstrate more correct spelling, idea organisation and also create their own writers voice.
Traits refers to a characteristic or identifying aspect of someone or something. But what can be some of the traits of writing be?
I learned that it goes further than good penmanship and word choice or whether a passage sounds interesting.
It involves traits such as the writer's voice which expresses his/her emotion and sincere thoughts, a compilation of supportive details and ideas to express the overall message, meaning and purpose. Then finally, the Conventions are essential in enabling that the writing is enjoyed and understood by the reader. This is due to use of correct spelling,capitalisation, relevant contractions, indenting and such 'mechanics' which make the writing generally well-structured.
As a Process, effective writing is achieved by a process which is a guide for ensuring that the completed piece is successful (its content and structure)This process refers to the following:
- Pre-writing
- drafting
- revision
- editing
- publishing
Each step flows into the other, thus creating the completed product.
Withing the revision stage, ARMS is utilised, where we will add, remove, move or substitute words appropriately.
In my opinion, each teacher should be aware of the stages of writing so as to effectively teach so as to result in effective and meaningful learning. For instance, planning a lesson activity for kindergarten (emergent) will require different activity types for a grade 2
Thursday, September 20, 2018
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