Writing: how i was taught

How were you taught writing?

I learnt writing as a young child, by my mom showing me how to hold my pencil and then showing me how to shape my letters. My mother taught me how to write my tracing letters with me, drawing with me and my also allowing me to doodle on my own.

At the primary school level, I was taught writing by the teacher who wrote letters on the board and I was asked to rewrite them in my book. The teacher would also write letters in our notebooks and we were asked to re-write the letters by tracing over them.

At the secondary school level, writing was taught by the teacher who provided samples of writing from text books to read and we were asked to reproduce the writing my putting in ideas of our own. Writing was also taught by the teacher modeling certain types of writing and providing examples of that writing. We were then asked to use those writings in order to complete writings of our own.

 

How has the information you have been exposed to, change or decide what you do in your writing class?

As a novice teacher, I intend on using the information which I was taught such as teaching writing as a process to help me in my writing class. I intend to use strategies such as the writing process, modeling writing procedures and also allowing students to make use of double entry journals in class in order to have them write on their own free will. Writing should be viewed by students as a form of expressing their ideas and feeling and not as a task.

In order for students to enjoy writing, I will allow students to discuss ideas for essay writing such as various topics and ideas and also encourage them to brainstorm ideas with their peers. This will allow students have a better understanding of the writing process and can also help to clarify any misconceptions they may have at the time.

I will also have students participate in free-writing instead of providing them with a topic to write about where at times students may not be able to write that essay due to having no pre-requisite knowledge in order to write the essay. I will therefore allow students to write about anything that they feel passionate about and in that way, it will encourage them to write, as they will be writing about something they are confident about.