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  • LParisi loves
    blogging and is now working on an extra credit report for her blog...wants to do an animal report...sat down at snack time...
  • LParisi
    and typed two paragraphs in 10 minutes! From one sentence in 45 to 2 paragraphs in 10! In two months! Blogging does work!
  • GingerLewman says
    Blogging has that power for some people! I'm so glad she was able to experience that in your class!
  • knightlight says
    Yahoo! Times like this make us realize why we do what we do as educators! A whole new world has been opened up! (applause)
  • McTeach says
    Wow!! What an awesome story!!!!! Way to go!!!
  • knightlight says
    Kudos to you for being the one to encourage and support! :-)
  • scarter says
    Great Job
  • macmom says
    that is so fabulous. Who else have you shared her success with? What did the parents say?
  • Loonyhiker says
    that is so cool! and the reason is bcuz u gave her opportunities to feel success
  • Ritabee says
    that is so great!
  • LinleyV says
    you are an awesome teacher!! Way to go!!
  • Cliotech says
    awesome - the power of the blog!
  • ReneeS says
    very cool
  • ReneeS says
    very cool (dance)
  • dmantz7 says
    that is truly the power of reaching students and finding ways to inspire them. Congrats LParisi (applause)
  • elainej says
    that's outstanding, Lisa. What do you suppose made the difference in the writing experience itself? Will you be able to translate that
  • elainej says
    engagement to non-blogging writing? I mean, at some point she's going to have to write something other than a blog and it would be terrible
  • elainej says
    to lose that enthusiasm and energy.
  • Shoemap says
    Congrats, Lisa!
  • EdVentures says
    this is very exciting! Given ejr's thoughts, how might others approach bridging blog writing to other forms?
  • LParisi
    Good questions. Let's see...this info is all very new so only you know. Haven't shared info with parents or admin yet.
  • LParisi
    Her enthusiasm started with a writing assignment that she was enjoyingIt was talking about a time she was scared or nervous. She just ...
  • EdVentures says
    we can keep a secret!
  • LParisi
    loved the story she was telling...likes to talk about herself. So when she realized she could tell her story her way
  • LParisi
    she realized that writing can be fun. Blogging was just the added incentive but not the original motivation.
  • elainej says
    that's very cool. And your student's experience sooo makes my point about student writing. Stand back, I'm climbing up on my soapbox tho
  • elainej says
    may be better to blog this. BUT, I'd like to propose we abolish the 5-paragraph essay and focus differently on the writing process so
  • elainej says
    students learn to write appropriately for the situation AND learn to find their voices and styles.
  • elainej says
    ack. There's more but I've got to go to a *#&(*& meeting.
  • EdVentures says
    I have a feeling we'll be here when you get back! ;-)
  • Elaine Plybon says
    everyone has something that makes it click - congrats on finding what it was for that student!
  • Loonyhiker says
    i love seeing the lightbulb come on with kids - that's what makes me excited about tching
  • elainej says
    Lisa's student experienced writing as storytelling. Kids find history and social studies much more engaging when it is taught as
  • elainej says
    storytelling. One of our Plurk colleagues is having her students write about a chariot race as though they were on-site reporters. Story.
  • elainej says
    literature is story and even writing about literature can be story. If kids learn to write in a way that is meaningful to them, we can
  • elainej says
    teach them the process of writing--outline, revision, etc.--regardless of their approach to writing. Then we eliminate the formulaic (and
  • elainej says
    archaic) 5-paragraph essay bc they write the story they want to write: 2 paragraphs, 2 pages, whatever. They are not constrained by length.
  • elainej says
    once they learn the writing process and are more comfortable with writing and the power of communication, we can teach them how to write
  • elainej says
    more formal essays, research papers, etc. And if they are more comfortable with writing they will, like historical fiction writers or
  • elainej says
    reporters, learn how to incorporate research into their writing on an informal basis. So they will have learned how to do research, how not
  • elainej says
    to plagiarize, how to paraphrase, how to craft arguments in a non-threatening situation, how to avoid generalizations, how to include
  • elainej says
    evidence for their arguments, how to provide details, how to think about their audience, and so much more as they have learned about writing
  • elainej says
    as storytelling, sharing thoughts and ideas, not as painful drudge work that has to be a certain # of paragraphs or pages.
  • Sciteach says
    this is what it's all about :-) Enjoy the moment.
  • cfox2 says
    that is amazing. Congrats to both of you.
  • DianeA says
    any advice for learning disabled writers? They get so hung up on "how it's going to sound". I tell them to just get their thoughts down ...
  • DianeA says
    first, they can go back and fix it later...
  • DianeA says
    they have so much trouble with language expression

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