Comments on: Teaching Writing Through Doing Copywork http://dinghome.net/2008/09/27/teaching-writing-through-doing-copywork/ Reflections, stories, and thoughts from us. Exciting! Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:20:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Michael http://dinghome.net/2008/09/27/teaching-writing-through-doing-copywork/comment-page-1/#comment-15548 Michael Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:03:42 +0000 http://dinghome.net/2008/09/27/teaching-writing-through-doing-copywork/#comment-15548 I'm not sure what you're talking about Lois, but your entries are <b>FAR</b> from being incoherent and inarticulate. :) So when are you guys going to teach your oldest (or children in general) about exegesis? haha :-P I’m not sure what you’re talking about Lois, but your entries are FAR from being incoherent and inarticulate. :)

So when are you guys going to teach your oldest (or children in general) about exegesis? haha :-P

]]> By: Becky Schell http://dinghome.net/2008/09/27/teaching-writing-through-doing-copywork/comment-page-1/#comment-15547 Becky Schell Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:25:13 +0000 http://dinghome.net/2008/09/27/teaching-writing-through-doing-copywork/#comment-15547 I love this idea! What a great way to introduce children to writing! I love this idea! What a great way to introduce children to writing!

]]> By: Petrie Montgomery http://dinghome.net/2008/09/27/teaching-writing-through-doing-copywork/comment-page-1/#comment-15546 Petrie Montgomery Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:39:12 +0000 http://dinghome.net/2008/09/27/teaching-writing-through-doing-copywork/#comment-15546 Lois, I also think early writing is essential. I've loved writing since I was a kid and have started our daughter on write at an early age, too. Each Friday I write four words on the board and she writes a short composition of her own imagination using those four words. I try to incorporate some of the phonics, grammar, and other lessons she's learned during the week. This week Daddy came home for a visit and her words were "trip, home, ride, and late". She did a fantastic job and even threw in some words like "morning" and "night". I'm loving seeing her creative side, but it also provides a way for me to point out her errors which she gladly corrects. Writing is essential in our ability to communicate ideas, and I totally agree that first grade is the perfect time to start. Lois, I also think early writing is essential. I’ve loved writing since I was a kid and have started our daughter on write at an early age, too. Each Friday I write four words on the board and she writes a short composition of her own imagination using those four words. I try to incorporate some of the phonics, grammar, and other lessons she’s learned during the week. This week Daddy came home for a visit and her words were “trip, home, ride, and late”. She did a fantastic job and even threw in some words like “morning” and “night”. I’m loving seeing her creative side, but it also provides a way for me to point out her errors which she gladly corrects. Writing is essential in our ability to communicate ideas, and I totally agree that first grade is the perfect time to start.

]]> By: Linda Aragoni http://dinghome.net/2008/09/27/teaching-writing-through-doing-copywork/comment-page-1/#comment-15545 Linda Aragoni Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:09:31 +0000 http://dinghome.net/2008/09/27/teaching-writing-through-doing-copywork/#comment-15545 Copywork can make children aware of the conventions of writing. Such things as capitalization and punctuation are writing conventions. Whether copywork by itself can improve writing, by which I mean the creation of a new expression of ideas, is debatable. Making beginning writers aware of the patterns of organization and development used in good writing is helpful. Research shows, however, that unless the beginner reads and writes material in the same genre consistently improvement is so slow as to appear negligible. That is why students who were raised on good literature may not be able to make themselves understood in an email. http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/best-teaching-practices.html Copywork can make children aware of the conventions of writing. Such things as capitalization and punctuation are writing conventions.

Whether copywork by itself can improve writing, by which I mean the creation of a new expression of ideas, is debatable.

Making beginning writers aware of the patterns of organization and development used in good writing is helpful. Research shows, however, that unless the beginner reads and writes material in the same genre consistently improvement is so slow as to appear negligible.

That is why students who were raised on good literature may not be able to make themselves understood in an email.

http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/best-teaching-practices.html

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