“We are wired with the ability to learn to write.” Emig
“Don’t require an outline – offer them various ways to pre-write instead and let them choose their favorite, most comfortable organizational/pre-writing tool” The Emig article’s banner or headline relieves me of the burden of requiring a structured outline. Thank you! Emig’s article also challenged me to actually write at the same time that I am asking my students to write. What a concept! Plus the article actually hinted at an advantage older writers might have-I look forward to exploring that.
2 comments:
Sharron, I love your enthusiasm about everything we're learning and your are so positive. Thank you for being such a good model.
Sharron! I'll second your "thank you" to Emig's article. I felt like she was calling me out of my boxed up image of what I think teachers should look like. She poses a wonderful restructuring of what our role's should be and how that will impact our student's writing life. We should be an experienced guide, not an omniscient guru! As an older writer, this is such an appeal. We don't need to stick to the step-by-step process...we have creative license to write however it is that allows us to write well.
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