It is often difficult to engage students into a new genre, especially if they are in lower school, because they may not have had as much experience with a diverse range of genres.
Some aims for writing that came up during this class were:
• Immersion
• Guided reading
• Modelled writing
• Shared writing (joint construction)
• Providing Explicit feedback
• Using the writing process
Many teachers need to consider that kids do not even know how to write proper sentences or paragraphs, so the best way for a student to learn this skill is to model a paragraph for them. Identify punctuation conventions that construct a paragraph. Teachers cannot tell a student to do a task in which they do not know how to perform. Scaffolding is the key. Give students the background knowledge and skills for them to attain the desired objectives.
