Saturday, November 22, 2014
"It's Okay to Write Terrible Stories..."
"Listen. Some stories are terrible, They are, I'm sorry to tell you , unrevisable. You put the word "squishy" in your pocket and chuck the rest. That's what the draft gave you: one word." (Falatko, 2014). I think that is what students need to hear when they are writing, that it is ok that some of your writing is terrible, sometimes it works for you and other times you just have to let the piece go. I found that in the article Falatko exposes us to her various writing failures and "stepping stones," and advice not to give up to have fun with your writing because you never know where that failure or stepping stone might lead you. I think we get so caught up in teaching the format and the grammar of writing we forget it's ok just to write and what you write doesn't have to be good, as long as you can take something away from that story, maybe it will lead you to a masterpiece. maybe not!
Falatko, J. (2014, November 18). It's Okay to Write Terrible Stories. Retrieved November 21, 2014, from http://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2014/11/18/its-okay-to-write-terrible-stories-by-julie-falatko/
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In Kindergarten, we just want the kiddos to get their ideas from their heads onto the paper. This can mean drawings, labels, sentences or anything in between.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree, but at which point do you say, " No, its not okay to have tons of misspellings and run-on sentences"? I have seen sixth graders write incomprehensible sentences and tell me, 'well, I know what it means'. Or have misspellings and they know they are wrong but don't bother to fix them because they just want to move on. Where is a good balance between letting their writing flow and making it comprehensible at the same time?
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