Let the fun in writing

Before driving the working groups of staff development on writing in an elementary school, I asked the teacher at school to complete a short survey to me. The survey asked a teacher for the following terms:

Write three words to describe how they teach you when you hear the students 'writing'.

Some of the responses I received:

Can not a teacher myself!

Teacher 2 No No No

Master 3 No, not today!

Teacher 4 All others please!

In my twelve yearslaboratories senior staff member, I learned that teachers love to teach writing or really dislike. We will ask other content area to teach, not just write!

Why is that?

My scientific research has led me to some simple answers. First of all is that most teachers have never been taught how to teach writing. Worse, I have never been taught how to write himself. So how can you pretend to teach something you do not easilyjurisdiction?

Secondly, most teachers agree that having children reread and revise their writing is too difficult. Finally, the teaching of writing is not fun because there are long, difficult and too subjective to the writings of high school graduates', as soon as they were completed, it is. Unfortunately, many students believe that writing is not funny at a time. Writing can be a creative moment, but teachers and students are often too focused on "Getting It Right." They want, text, grammar and punctuationto be perfect. Plus with the letter, there is no right or wrong answers. Grading a paper can often mean to hurt the feelings of the poet or not understanding the importance of the writer. The writing is personal.

Math used to be boring, rote learning of the day are considered. Then teachers and spread the fun, hands-on manipulatives, games and songs to teach mathematics. Spelling was another dry, boring subject until a rap game letter tiles and paving the way formore creative learning time.

And 'now the fun in writing.

Teachers need time to start with daily journal. Both the students a command prompt or students can write freely, the newspaper is only free time. This is a student the opportunity to write their thoughts on paper, read by someone without a care or grading it. Encourage students to take their break out of the newspapers or go home on weekends. Once a week, encouraging students to read theirFavourite journal entry.

Especially during the Time magazine, the teachers need to write in a diary. Students see more teachers. When a teacher appreciate and enjoy magazine Let's begin to value and enjoy. As a teacher of reading your journal entries preferred. Let the children feel that you have fun with writing.

Do the magazines individual works of students. Allow them to decorate and personalize them.

Once students begin to relax and feelcomfortable with journaling, writing, traveling in a group of modeling. Write to hire you, the themes of having fun together. Flashes before and the list of ideas on the table. Teaching students how to combine their ideas in writing in a start and end with the help of an organizer.

Use an overhead projector to create stories together as a class. Revision and editing together. The student thought process that goes into the review and amendment. Token or offer incentives to students learningFor every idea they have to review their website. Again, no worry about the standings and everything that students write - worry about the kids want to write!

Working with students to reflect on the history and ideas to add more or less explicitly. Help students realize that writing is a process, not a one-shot activities. Make the process fun for students, working in small groups or with a friend. Encourage them to use a thesaurus and find unusual words and descriptions.On the wall in the classroom, a list of unusual adjectives favorite classes' and the verbs. Encourage students in newspapers and magazines in search of more words on the wall to add. Making a play on words to fill the wall with only one.

As students read aloud their stories, magazines and paragraphs, listen for details and descriptions, and applaud their creativity.

In a letter, it will improve access areas. A teacher's task is to determine areas thatare of good quality and build on them. Emphasize the positive writing and produce more. Allowing students the freedom to experiment with their style of writing, without the risk of failure.

Vary your writing activities. The work on building strong sentences a day and work on writing an editorial in the next. From the first phrases that draws attention to the words to smooth the transition, there are many areas of writing to teach. Teach writing for the organization of scientific reports and social studies booklet.Incorporate writing throughout the school day.

Not exactly everything students write. At the end of the week, you can choose the students who have ranked this week in writing. Display excellent examples of writing on a bulletin board in the hallway or in the local coffee shop.

Make sure that the class has a Writing Center. Fill with unusual pen - gel pen, a typewriter, carbon paper, should be cut to size, pencils, etc. The letter reflected Centerthe creative environment requires students to have fun with writing.

Writing can be a fun part of the school day when teachers and students can view it as a learning process. While modeling and working with students, be sure to let them fail and see the risks and the risk and success with writing ideas. Make sure they get the chance and risk and the risk of rejection and success with writing ideas. Develop a letter that the environment in the classroom, fun, challenging and motivating.

Working together,we again entertainment writing.