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The Writing Process

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Today's session was an interesting one. Ms. Biscette introduced the class to "The Writing Process" in a very creative way. She had us singing a catchy tune, then had us manipulating play dough. To begin, she had us brainstorming, we were to think of something that we wanted to create but it had to be created for a particular individual or group of persons. This one idea was the use of that one color play dough which she provided. After brainstorming, we shared our ideas with each other then, we gave constructive feedback in return. Ms. Biscette subsequently stuck different color play dough on the board then, she allowed us to freely choose other colors that we wanted to use to create our pieces. At that point we were at the drafting stage. This was our favorite part of the writing process for us as a group, persons were molding very unusual but interesting pieces, sharing play dough (collaborating) with each other to make adjustments to their pieces and eve...
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The Writing Process Song

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(Verse 1) I have an idea But how do I express it? Maybe I should write, although its hard sometimes Five, Four, Three, Two, One  Lets Go!! (Chorus) Who knows the writing process? I know the writing process! Who knows the writing process? We know the writing process! First Step - Pre-writing! Second Step - Drafting! Third Step - Revising! Forth Step - Editing! Last Step - Publishing! uno dos tres cuatro cinco - YaaY! We know the writing process (x2)  (Chorus)
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Stages of Writing Development

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In this session we were introduced to the stages of writing development, by engaging the class in a discussion, to begin the discussion she posed the following question; "Is there a particular time for students' to become acquainted with making ideas through their writing?" I did not express this sentiment, but i believe that students should be introduced to idea making through their writing at the Grade Two level. However, our lecturer revealed that students should be introduced to idea making through their writing from the moment that they are able to learn. It became very evident that I underestimated the abilities you students. It became clear that students are capable of constructing ideas through there writing even before they even step foot into the classroom, due to the fact that most of them are surrounded by text. I strongly agree with the aforementioned, there should not be a particular time that students should be allowed to express their ideas through writ...
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