During this week, we were engaged in a micro
teaching session which entailed executing mini lessons on various stages in the
writing process. Our group dealt with the editing stage of the writing process
and we were able to identify some areas we could work on in order to enhance
our teaching skills and strategies in the near future.
One of the strategies which we identified as the
main method for teaching students how to go about drafting their own pieces of
writing is modelling. During this session, we were able to identify the
importance and significance of modelling in the drafting stage of the writing
process. Miss Polius, our lecturer indicated to us that we teachers should
always model or show students how to go about drafting their pieces. She indicated
that some of the key elements which we should engage in when modeling include:
thinking aloud, questioning ourselves and showing students what is being done.
Also, we also highlighted ways in which students can
use the ideas in the pre writing stage of the writing process to formulate
their sentences during the drafting stage. Since we were given the task of
drafting a descriptive piece, students were also informed about the importance
of adjectives to enhance their pieces. Hence, we learned that when teaching
students about adjectives in descriptive writing, we should highlight to
students that there are different adjectives for each object being described.
For example, a boy is handsome but a girl is pretty. The adjectives used relate
to the subject in the sentence.
Therefore, all of these tips and pointers were very
useful to us as educators. We were able to learn or acquire pertinent
information on the use of modelling and the use of adjectives when writing
descriptive pieces. As a result, this useful information will be transferred to
our students in the near future.
The micro teaching sessions were very useful since we got the opportunity to teach what we learnt. Also, during this time our lecturer guided us as to the areas we needed to work on to improve as teachers.
ReplyDeleteI must say this week has been very informative. As we move on to the next step in teaching practice. I want to say to all my colleagues that some of the effective strategies should be employed in the classroom. Thank you to all my colleagues who shared ideas and information about the writing process! I am certain that some of the tips will be used by some of us.
ReplyDeleteBertha Alexander
Yes micro teaching week was really nice and good effort on everyone's part.
ReplyDeleteMarla
Let me begin by saying that the micro teaching session executed by the group members was most informative and rewarding. I learnt a lot about the stages of the writing process, especially how to provide effective instruction of such. Initially, I had difficulty differentiating between the revising and the editing stage, but after observing the presenters, one obtain clarity. Thank you for your post.
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DeleteThe micro teaching session was very interesting. There were many different ideas from the groups which can be used in an actual classroom in the near future. The micro lesson Christmas theme was timely as we are now approaching the festive season. Job well done groups!!
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ReplyDeleteCiara Doyle-Joseph
This micro teaching on drafting was an eye opener. I believe that the information garnered from the micro teaching and this blog has better equipped me for the teaching of this stage of writing. Thanks.
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