Week 15: Writing and Reading
My first memory of writing for me was in elementary school. I remember learning how to write sentences and gradually moving up to writing stories. I don't recall ever using a writing process at that age. Do you? My next memory was when I was in middle school/high school. This is where those red ink lines played a big role in my writing. I remember we were forced to create an outline first, then write, and then our peers would edit our paper and we had to revise. Looking back now, we were going through the writing process in my classes. Did you do something similar? I would say that my experience in middle school/high school with writing was rather indifferent. I struggled with creating an outline, always. Prewriting and brainstorming was something that I had to take much time and thought into. When I finally was able to gather my thoughts? I liked writing and still do to an extent today. In Chapter 12, Creating Literacy Instruction it explains the process approach to writi