Writing as a Social Practice,
In chapter 3 Lorraine Wilson presents the idea that writing is integral to life practices. For this reason, students should be given opportunities to write for authentic purposes. Children must be allowed to write about their families, hobbies, their community, things that relate to them and things that are important to them. Another, interesting point she made was the evolutionary change that has occurred in writing such as text messaging, and emails. She discusses these new trends as “new literacies” the children posses and can serve as resources in the classroom to promote writing. Finally, writing must be meaningful and serve a purpose in order for students to begin to see the value in developing this skill to enhance their present and future in society.
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It seems that we both connected to same passage in ch. 3. Did you have any personal connections from the chapter? I'm wondering what your ideas are, or how you could apply integrated writing in your classroom.
We share the same important points but I would like to know how will you use it in your new role as a teacher's teacher?
~Sugey~
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