Article Respnse

"Writing and Teaching Writing"
by: Anne Turvey

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I enjoyed this article because it is about first year teachers and the struggles that they have with teaching writing.  This is something that I am very nervous about because I know it will be a challenge to make it so every student has an opportunity learn.  She preaches about how the teachers are being hindered by curriculums and not allowing the student to express themselves as writers.  Teachers must establish a relationship with the writers and become familiar to what they feel comfortable writing about.  By doing this, teachers are also discovering what students need to work on and what they seem to have firm understandings of.  In my field they are writing about realistic fiction.  They are all having a little trouble with it but they seem to be improving each day.  The problem is that the teachers all believe that they are not having enough time to write about what they really want to.  This is preventing the children from expressing themselves.  After collaborating with all the teachers they came to the conclusion that every Friday the students will journal about what ever they want.  This seems to be a great idea.