Before I have my students write, we discuss the prompt and they turn and talk about possible ideas. They write on their own and can conference with a friend when they are done. I briefly glance at it for any glaring problems, but I don’t look at it in depth before having them publish. Kim James Orient-Macksburg School, IA, USA
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Our process is this:
- Monday morning lesson 1 – start writing (must be finished in 45 minutes)
- When finished, peer check the person sitting alongside and then post.
- For the remainder of the 45 minutes, comment on other posts
Cheers Jude Johnson, Pedare College, SA, Australia
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Also, in response to your questions, we discuss the prompt as a class on a Monday. Initially, I had to lead them through ideas but now they come in desperate to know what the prompt is and barely need me there! We share writing after 5 minutes, even if it is the first sentence and discuss all of the different directions the children have taken the prompt. We do a bit of editing together, but I let them publish and blog the writing with punctuation, grammatical and spelling errors still as it is good for their parents to see how their writing is progressing and they tend to listen more when someone from the 100wc team mentions things to work on to them!!
Jess Savage, Muritai School, NZ
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