Within this week I learned so much in Lit102 about
Scaffolding students’ writing so as to ensure, in my opinion, that they become
exceptional writers. As mentioned in my previous blog post, ‘the Writer’s Workshop is a very effective method for encouraging students to contribute
ideas and incorporate them into their writing’ and is indeed an awesome way of supporting students
writing.
Framework
for Writers’ Success (rodeje.blogspot.com)
Hmmm…What I enjoyed most?
Within the course this week, I enjoyed the
participation of my colleagues as we were able to give feedback on our
understanding of the Writer’s Workshop and the components of this strategy, while also expounding on the stage/s within the writing process in which they may
fall, and examples. In addition to this, I enjoyed the
introduction of the YouTube video by our lecturer which opened my eyes to other
scaffolding techniques and how they can be implemented in the classroom. This
brought light to many aspects, but one in particular stood out for me. I myself have
experienced this within my classroom, where teachers such as myself may or most times, and that is getting students to come up with the final piece rather
than having them get better at the first draft through the repeated process
of revising, editing and publishing. This will result in students excelling in
each aspect of their writing piece.
What about you? What are your thoughts on class this
week? What did you enjoy? 👀👀👀👀
Ten Scaffolding Techniques to use within your classroom
In addition, a few scaffolding techniques were grasped
such as partial piece, framed writing/ sentence frames, whole class/oral
writing, and gradual release of responsibility. We were given the task of
choosing six other scaffolding techniques from a graphic organizer introduced. Visual
and realia, a connection of background knowledge, small group/ partner work, the modeling
of gestures, sentence structures, and graphic organizers were the added six
strategies that teachers can use to support writing within the classroom.
A few of these techniques are explained in more detail below:-
Graphic organizers are great for scaffolding writing within the
classroom for it assists children with brainstorming ideas and coming up with
summarized information to assist them in structuring their writing piece.
Have you ever used graphic organizers in scaffolding
writing? Have a try at the hamburger paragraph above! 😊 Let me know how it helped your students
scaffold their writing.
The utilization of visuals, such as images,
drawings, and posters, as well as realia, such as actual events, and
physical items, like teddy bears, will help to scaffold writing. For instance,
you can't be certain students will be fully informed about their national flag
if the writing assignment for this week's class is about "The National
Flag". Providing the kids with the opportunity to touch, examine, and view
their flag up close can help them better understand the lesson, and have a
better appreciation of their flag.
Sentence frames, which are generally fill-in-the-blank sentences that
aid students' writing and are highly structured, and are very useful for
children who might have trouble writing whole sentences or who might require
practice creating new sentences especially in writing their piece.
I found an awesome game on the following website:
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Sensational Sentence Structure Resources and Activities | Teach Starter
This card game is played
in a similar way to Rummy. Players take turns picking up and putting
down cards until they can build a sentence that is grammatically correct
and makes sense. The winner of the game is the first person to build three
sentences or one ‘trump’ card sentence
Check it out!!
Here’s a preview of it below.
What were the six scaffolding techniques that you chose?
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