I really enjoyed reading Flethcher's Live Writing. I felt as if someone finally recognized and admitted that not eveyone is born to write. I have always struggled with writing. I've only been proud of a select few papers I have written in my lifetime. I completly agree with Fletcher when he stated, "When your story comes from inside you, when it comes from your heart, or from something you care about or something you love... then you know your story will have a voice, your voice." One of the best papers I have written is about my grandfather fighting in World War II. The paper included two things I am very passonate about which are my family and the military/armed forces. In high school I was forced to right from prompts and given topics and I was never able to develop as a true writer in my own way. Sadly, writing assignments in high school turned me away from writing for fun or pleasure. After reading only three of the chapters in this book, I feel empowered to work on my writing and really start to develop MY writing and not what other people(mainly teachers) and assignments force me to write about. I really hope that the rest of Fletcher's chapters will help me grow as a writer and in turn help my future students to become passionate writers as well. :)
Post 2
In the past week in my placement, I have had alot of time to observe, ponder, and question things happening in the classroom I'm in. I really enjoy the first week of placement and being able to just watch and see how other people approach certain topics as well as problems that arise. I really love how my teacher incorporates group work, or 'teams' as she calls it, into every academic area. In math, each team works together to solve a word problem. Each team has to solve the problem using whatever strategy they choose. The teams have to write out how they solved the problem and visually represent how they solved the problem. Another example of incorporating literacy is in social studies. She has her students work in teams to answer content related social studies questions. For example, students are asked to list the different parts of the Legislative branch and the powers of each. The teams get really creative in expressing the information in tables/charts/lists/etc. on large sheets of chart paper. My teacher is a pure example of how literacy can be tied into every other academic area. So, in reality, there is no specific set off block of time for reading and writing. Her students are reading and writing in every academic area. Why do we have to have a block of time set off for just social studies, or just math?? Why can't we tie all academic areas into a central theme? I do realize that there are specific themes for each subject but I feel students would be more likely to understand and really comprehend a topic by incorporating it into all areas including real-world aspects!
Post 1
I really enjoyed reading Flethcher's Live Writing. I felt as if someone finally recognized and admitted that not eveyone is born to write. I have always struggled with writing. I've only been proud of a select few papers I have written in my lifetime. I completly agree with Fletcher when he stated, "When your story comes from inside you, when it comes from your heart, or from something you care about or something you love... then you know your story will have a voice, your voice." One of the best papers I have written is about my grandfather fighting in World War II. The paper included two things I am very passonate about which are my family and the military/armed forces. In high school I was forced to right from prompts and given topics and I was never able to develop as a true writer in my own way. Sadly, writing assignments in high school turned me away from writing for fun or pleasure. After reading only three of the chapters in this book, I feel empowered to work on my writing and really start to develop MY writing and not what other people(mainly teachers) and assignments force me to write about. I really hope that the rest of Fletcher's chapters will help me grow as a writer and in turn help my future students to become passionate writers as well. :)
Post 2
In the past week in my placement, I have had alot of time to observe, ponder, and question things happening in the classroom I'm in. I really enjoy the first week of placement and being able to just watch and see how other people approach certain topics as well as problems that arise. I really love how my teacher incorporates group work, or 'teams' as she calls it, into every academic area. In math, each team works together to solve a word problem. Each team has to solve the problem using whatever strategy they choose. The teams have to write out how they solved the problem and visually represent how they solved the problem. Another example of incorporating literacy is in social studies. She has her students work in teams to answer content related social studies questions. For example, students are asked to list the different parts of the Legislative branch and the powers of each. The teams get really creative in expressing the information in tables/charts/lists/etc. on large sheets of chart paper. My teacher is a pure example of how literacy can be tied into every other academic area. So, in reality, there is no specific set off block of time for reading and writing. Her students are reading and writing in every academic area. Why do we have to have a block of time set off for just social studies, or just math?? Why can't we tie all academic areas into a central theme? I do realize that there are specific themes for each subject but I feel students would be more likely to understand and really comprehend a topic by incorporating it into all areas including real-world aspects!