Blog Post 3: Helping Students Build Habits to Enhance Their Writing Lives
Hello everyone! I hope everyone is feeling good as we wrap up the first nine weeks of the school year! Prioritizing Student Writing Habits Today, I am considering what I can do as a teacher to design instruction that helps students develop habits that enhance their writing lives. This is a crucial topic to consider and prioritize because of how beneficial writing can be for our students. When our students are effective and confident writers, they can apply these skills in all of their classes and in their personal lives. My Schooling Experiences When I think back to my experiences in middle and high school, I remember a few instances in which I felt that my teachers really supported my writing. However, I remember that in most of my schooling, writing habits and practice were somewhat neglected other than when the time for writing essays came. Even when I think back to many of these experiences, though, I remember often being encouraged to quickly write a...