Sunday, April 6, 2008
Chapter 9 "Conference with Students"
I have to admit that I was very interested in reading this chapter. As we all have experience one on one conferencing takes LOTS of time. I wanted to learn more about the process. Like many of you I was relieved to learn that conferencing can take many forms and still be beneficial. I especially liked the "quickshares." When I invite students to share pieces I always felt that meant them sharing the entire piece of writing. The big problem with this is that it limits the number of kids who get to share. So, I am going implement "quickshare." I'm going to ask students to share a favorite line, figurative language, great lead, ending, and etc. Doing this will allow more students to share and celebrate. I do this all the time in Guided Reading, and I don't know why it never occurred to me to implement it in writing. Duh Julie! Reading and writing are connected! I am going to keep the list of Kinds of Writing Conferences readily available.
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I too thought the idea of sharing just a favorite part of a story was a great idea. Sometimes kids don't want to share the whole piece, and giving them the choice of which part to share makes them look at their writing with a different view. If they can't find a part that really stands out, then they will begin to write more creatively.
I think by doing quickshares it will encourage kids to get creative and really think about their word choice because they want to wow their audience.
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