13 days down, 2 to go. Not only has this experience been worthwhile, I never want it to end. After our morning writing workshop, we discussed that this has made us more accountable as writers when we typically let our lives get in the way. Because of that, it would be amazing to continue this experience outside of the realm of U of I and NWP. I would love to continue to hear from everyone and to see the progress they have made with their writing as well as push myself to continue to be that writer.
Late morning, we had an awesome demonstration about debunking bad writing by modeling what we believed was bad writing with texts, and then exploring how our students use a variation of language to write. This led into discussing cliches and why they are commonly used in writing. Using this idea, we were assigned two writing assignments: a short bio and poem using a cliche in each line or sentence. This was one of the best writing assignments I've had in a long time. I would love to do something similar in my classroom.
In the afternoon, we further discussed remediation with Professor Paul Prior who was able to define it and provide examples of how to remediate. This also made me start thinking about how to remediate in my own classroom using the techniques we've practiced these past two weeks as well as the ideas that have stemmed from those techniques. I was going to say "I can't wait to remediate", but in all actuality, as teachers, we've already been remediating.
Late morning, we had an awesome demonstration about debunking bad writing by modeling what we believed was bad writing with texts, and then exploring how our students use a variation of language to write. This led into discussing cliches and why they are commonly used in writing. Using this idea, we were assigned two writing assignments: a short bio and poem using a cliche in each line or sentence. This was one of the best writing assignments I've had in a long time. I would love to do something similar in my classroom.
In the afternoon, we further discussed remediation with Professor Paul Prior who was able to define it and provide examples of how to remediate. This also made me start thinking about how to remediate in my own classroom using the techniques we've practiced these past two weeks as well as the ideas that have stemmed from those techniques. I was going to say "I can't wait to remediate", but in all actuality, as teachers, we've already been remediating.