PART 3
TEACH THEM TO TINKER
(Play through the process)
THE PROBLEM: Writers struggle to generate and develop creative ideas.
THE SOLUTION: As teachers we have to getting students to persevere, to be accurate, to inspired. It is a big challenge that we ever imagine, always we think we provide the best strategies to them to generate and execute great ideas; but the BEST WAY to develop those skills is that we should study our students troughout the process, not only the strongest students but also the weakest.
TEACH THEM TO TINKER
TALENTED WRITERS ARE FAR MORE THAN EFFICIENT OR PROFICIENT THEY ARE ADEPT.
TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT!
More than any prompt, organizer or strategy (that you assign) the spaces, supplies and tools we provide serve as an incentive to develop new ideas and can help our students to find the solution to the difficulties presented in the process.
- CHARACTERIZING THE ADEPT WRITER:
"APPROACHING WRITING AS A CONTINUOUS PROCESS FORWARDED BY EFFICIENT MOVEMENT FROM ONE STEP TO THE NEXT, OFTEN FAILS TO HELP WRITERS DISCOVER ANYTHING NEW ABOUT THEMSELVES OR THEIR WORK"
TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT!
WHAT IS TINKERING?
MEANINGFUL SPACES, INTERACTIVE DISPLAYS AND ANCHOR CHARTS ENABLE COLLABORATIVE LEARNING AND PLAY.
MEANINGFUL SPACES, INTERACTIVE DISPLAYS AND ANCHOR CHARTS ENABLE COLLABORATIVE LEARNING AND PLAY.
I like the way you present the ideas, because it's so coherent with what the book is proposing, that writing is not a linear process, but one that goes forwards and backwards (and up and down. I would even say that writing is an endless process for an author. Last versions are still perfectible. I like the idea of tinkering. I have taken some writing workshops and some teachers use the word in spanish "rumiar". For English there is the word ponder, but I like more "rumiar" because it's about an idea that moves all around inside your mind (like the grass inside the cow's mouth) until you get how to express it exactly the way you want. Writing needs time, and especially time to leave your ideas "to soak" for a while before you until you find your way. This is a real challenge when you have to evaluate and give numbers on a student report...especially when you forget that writing is a process with no end...
ResponderEliminarI really enjoy going through your blog, I like the graphics and the way how you presented. The topic of the book is interesting and applies for everyone, it should be introduced in early years of school as an skill that needs to be develop and improve over the time to make better writers and a better thinkers. It is very important to see learning as an unlined process and based on this, make our writing one of ways that prove this and show our experiences as they are.
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