LIT102CreativeWritingTeachers

 During this week's session our lecturer engaged us in reading two reading rocket articles that focused on How Should We Combine Reading and Writing? and How Can We Take Advantage of Reading–Writing Relationships? This articles emphasizes the importance of integrating/combining the art of reading and writing. I learned that reading and writing depend upon some of the same skills, strategies (eg:QAR, summarizing,K.W.L charts) etc. Reading and writing are communicative processes. Students will need to learn how to combine the two in order to communicate effectively. Additionally, writing can be used to develop reading skills and reading can help to develop writing skills.   These two should not be separate as they are "dependent upon one another" I learned that writing is a skill that is required for all professions. It is also a way that students may use to express themselves effectively. Reading skills are improved when writing is involved and writing skills will improv...

Week  Week 4 16 th – 20 th November 2020.    

  LIT 102-Week 30th November -4th December 2020 Blog by Tatyana Browne December 10th, 2020 During this weeks sessions I have learned in the differentiated classroom the teacher should create an environment where her students are motivated to write, create a safe and positive writing atmosphere and create an exciting writing environment that are important for writing. Creating an environment where students are motivated to write. To do this the teacher can instill self efficiency, aim to develop self regulated learners and develop internal motivation.  Self-efficacy refers to an individual's belief in his or her capacity to execute behaviors necessary to produce specific performance attainments (Bandura, 1977, 1986, 1997). Self-efficacy reflects confidence in the ability to exert control over one's own motivation, behavior, and social environment. the purpose for the teacher to aim to develop  self regulated  learners is so that students  would be able to keep tr...

  LIT 102-Week 23rd-27th November 2020 Blog by Tatyana Browne December 02nd 2020 This week's sessions were very interesting for me. We read two articles, how can we take advantage of reading writing relationships and how we should combine reading and writing. After reading the article how can we take advantage of reading and writing relationships, I learned that it is important for students to engage in writing daily for at least thirty (30) to forty-five (45) minutes. More focus is geared to reading while writing is put on the back burner. Reading and writing embodies the same knowledge and skills, although readers and writers start at different places. it is important as teachers to take advantage of reading and writing by creating ,meaningful activities that will not only promote but helps students develop their knowledge and skills in reading and writing. Source: https://www.readingrockets.org/blogs/shanahan-literacy/how-can-we-take-advantage-reading-writing-relationships ...

    On Wednesday 18th of November, Our teacher presented a powerpoint on the topic "Effective Writing Instruction." We were engaged in healthy discussions to aid in understand what effective writing involves. Effective writing instruction: involves students writing for authentic audiences and purposes involves students in focussed and scaffolded writing experiences using principled approaches to the teaching of writing such as the teaching and learning cycle or the writing workshop develops a grammatical metalanguage through discussion of examples and patterns of language choices in texts through teaching practices such as modelling or deconstruction, guided practice or joint construction, and writing conferences encompasses a range of teaching practices such as modelled writing, shared writing, interactive writing and independent writing where varying levels of support can be provided at different points of need opens up ‘a repertoire of possibilities’ for students (Myhi...

During this week's sessions, we learned about spelling development and the stages of writing. Our lecturer provided different links and videos to view then we discussed them afterward. Below are some essential points from our discussions.                                                                    Spelling Development Spelling is important in writing as it helps students to communicate effectively when writing. Spelling and reading skills go hand in hand as spelling (being able to associate letter and their sounds and knowing the standard rules) helps develop a student's ability to write and read. The article has enlightened me as to the different stages of spelling development that students go through that I have seen in the classroom but somehow could not pinpoint what stage my students were at. The five s...