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By now you should have read chapters 1 & 10 from the book Best Practices in Writing Instruction. A few ideas to ponder and even blog…

• What does writing instruction look like in effective and engaging classrooms?
• In what kinds of writings do these students engage? The teachers? The school?
• What do these classrooms look like? What elements are present in your classroom?

• What does the phrase “motivating students to write” mean to you?
• If you are interested in something and care deeply about it, does that mean that it will also be interesting to write about?
• When you think of helping students experience writing as a tool for communication, do you also help them experience writing as a social activity–the notion that we share ideas, discuss them and even provide feedback about the ideas? (Sound familiar…blogging!) How can this happen in your classroom?
• Do you strive to make student writing tasks worthwhile, useful, collaborative, authentic, and interesting? If so, how might this happen in your classroom?
• Are there any discrepancies between the Graves’ article and Ch. 10?

Please take a look at the book below by Aimee Buckner. You should read Ch. 1 if you have not already. It is available by clicking on the link below. I look forward to seeing you Wednesday : )