The Problem Identified:
- During a writing session, some learners struggle to produce even one sentence.
One of the things I did today was to brainstorm some hypotheses as to why this problem may occur in my class, as well as documenting the evidence that I have so far examined.
Hypothesis of Potential Reasons:
- Writers who are reluctant and not motivated to write
- Reluctant writers are therefore not practicing writing in order to improve (writing mileage)
- Learners who don’t have an audience to write for
What Evidence Exists
of the Problem:
- Learners’ e-Asttle writing results at the end of 2015 and early 2016
- Blogs with a history of writing completed to date for all learners who were at Pt England last year
- Observations of learners in my classroom
- Student voice – what my learners currently think about writing and who reads it
I've consolidated my Spark MIT inquiry question to:
Using an authentic audience to enhance the motivation and writing mileage for learners in my classroom.
Fascinating thoughts Karen.
ReplyDeleteWhen I think writing I think boys and 'handwriting"
Graphite
My son sits,
Hunched
Fist clenched.
Dragging reluctant trails
Of black smudge across the page.
Pencil gripped
Chicken scratchings
Dancing
Across his eyes,
His words
Spiraling down a black hole,
Can't escape.
The walls
Bare of his thoughts,
He pretends
He doesn't care.