As per usual, after another day of the Reading Practise Intensive I have much to think about.
A highlight was the idea of Read like Writers: Write like Readers. Where we get our students to imitate the writing style/tone etc of an author they have read. Much like an emerging artists would study and imitate a master artists. I suspect my students will really enjoy it am interested to see how my students will go with it.
Another take-away is adjusting my timetable to include conferencing with my students. This happens somewhat organically, however can often fall by the wayside. My hope is that by intentionally including it it will happen more frequently. The challenge is working out where to slot it in.
Kia ora Rob
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your reflections and key takeaways from Day 5: Planning a Reading Programme. I really look forward to reading any writing samples from your implementation of a Reading Like Writers approach. It was particularly rewarding for us hearing your superbly recrafted beginning to the Broken Wing journal story by Paul Mason. I have also been following with interest how your students may have responded to the text Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl. I would be interested to hear what they made of some of its more macabre events and symbolism.
I also look forward to catching up in our breakouts on how you went with timetabling in some conferencing and any related tracking of independent activities. Are you currently using a Hand-It-In system?
Nga mihi nui
Naomi Rosedale
RPI Literacy Facilitator