Conditions for writing – what are they? Authorial v secretarial – define?

What are your

questions?What’s

going well?

Demonstrate that they are a writer who always writes with a reader in mind.

Connect writing to reading through literature – notice what authors do.

Guide student to choose topics they care about (by offering choice within structure).

Teach the strategies they need to draft, revise, edit, polish and publish.

Confer regularly with students to assess and evaluate – note strengths, give feedback, teach and set mutual goals.

What does

this mean for

our

teaching?

Demonstrate that they are a writer who always writes with a reader in mind.

Daily writing demonstrations

Think aloud as we write Think and write with

students Celebrate and publish

writing We write with readers in

mind even if the readers are ourselves

Who will read this piece?

What? How?

Connect writing to reading through literature – notice what authors do.

Think aloud as we read aloud (comment on language –choice of words, impact, usage)

Notice what authors and illustrators do

Compare successful and unsuccessful writing

Discuss and note what makes a piece of writing ‘work’

Celebrate student risk taking at reflection time

What? How?

Guide students to choose topics they care about (by offering choice within structure).

Showing students how to write makes more sense to them when they understand and value why they are writing. (Routman, p.15)

Frequent opportunities for shared writing.

Authentic writing for a purpose, not always predetermined topics.

Writer’s notebooks.

What? How?

Teach the strategies they need to draft, revise, edit, polish and publish.

Model all stages of the writing process, not just composing and recording.

Analyse effective writing.

Establish criteria for excellent writing.

What? How?

Confer regularly with students to assess and evaluate – note strengths, give feedback, teach and set mutual goals.

Observe writing behaviours› Attitude towards writing› Use of writing strategies› Awareness of audience

Analyse student writing› Awareness of purpose and

audience› Control of text structure› Variety of sentence lengths,

types and styles Student self-assessment

› Things I know / have learned about writing

› What I would like you to notice about my writing

Writing log or record Set individual writing

challenges or goals

What? How?

"The whole purpose of

education is to turn mirrors into

windows."

Sydney J. Harris