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To truly see themselves as writers, to identify themselves as
writers, to live a "writerly life".
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To have choice in their writing
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To see how writing is, and can be, important to their lives;
to see the relevance of writing and the power writing has for them.
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To recognize that they have important things to say, that what
happens to them, what they think about, what they feel, etc. is worth writing
about.
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To help them become "noticers" and "thinkers" and "wonderers"
of and about the world around them.
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To recognize, celebrate, and appreciate good writing. This
means immersing them in a variety of good literature, including their writing
and their classmates' writing.
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To internalize and utilize a variety of genres so they can
make intelligent decisions regarding which is best to use for their purposes.
This would include a unit on how to write for the *&^%$ state test.
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To recognize, understand, and use accepted writing conventions
and grammar; to understand how these can help them get their message across
and have it understood by their readers.
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To have many opportunities to share and celebrate their own
and others' writing.
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To read like a writer and write like a reader. This, too,
means immersing them in a variety of texts.
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To keep a writer's notebook, and for this notebook to become
truly theirs, to become a treasure to them, a treasure they can take gems from
as they write and think.
Adrienne
ameichenberger@sbcglobal.net
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