Writing Workshop- Katie Wood Ray: Chapters 1 and 2
After reading the first two chapters of Katie Wood Ray's "The Writing Workshop," what ideas impacted your thinking about writing and your writing instruction?
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Anne
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Hello fellow book bloggers, A few things that have stuck out so far to me in the beginning chapters are * setting the tone for writing in your classroom - remembering back when my kids were little and writing time was to be silent ...so glad we've gotten away from that and encourage "respectful volumes" of discussion during writing.
**the difference between word choices - "process writing" is NOT what we should be calling this time. It is truly a workshop of writing and in that workshop, the process will naturally take place but not be the focus of the mini lesson each day. Words...I know, they are just words.
***Last, time for writing. I thought it was interesting that teachers are questioning if writing should have to be instructed everyday, since students are now expected to write in math, science, grammar, etc. Time is always an issue. Question: Can we get the writing curriculum to meet with Science & math to set up non-fiction topics that integrate requirements?
Two things have struck me as I read the first 2 chapters. The first was the need for productive talk for writers. I think this is very important for all writers and even necessary for struggling writers. The other idea was the point made about time. We can wish for more time all we want but in the end it's about how we use the time we have.
2 comments:
Hello fellow book bloggers,
A few things that have stuck out so far to me in the beginning chapters are * setting the tone for writing in your classroom - remembering back when my kids were little and writing time was to be silent ...so glad we've gotten away from that and encourage "respectful volumes" of discussion during writing.
**the difference between word choices - "process writing" is NOT what we should be calling this time. It is truly a workshop of writing and in that workshop, the process will naturally take place but not be the focus of the mini lesson each day. Words...I know, they are just words.
***Last, time for writing. I thought it was interesting that teachers are questioning if writing should have to be instructed everyday, since students are now expected to write in math, science, grammar, etc. Time is always an issue.
Question: Can we get the writing curriculum to meet with Science & math to set up non-fiction topics that integrate requirements?
July 6, 2009 9:36 PM
Two things have struck me as I read the first 2 chapters. The first was the need for productive talk for writers. I think this is very important for all writers and even necessary for struggling writers. The other idea was the point made about time. We can wish for more time all we want but in the end it's about how we use the time we have.
July 7, 2009 7:16 PM
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