At the start of the year, I give my students an interest survey about their reading and writing habits. Not surprisingly, many students report a dislike of writing.
Why? That’s the million-dollar question, isn’t it?
What I’ve discovered from both formal and informal research with middle and high school students isn’t really so surprising after all: Students don’t enjoy writing (or reading, for that matter) when they have little or no choice. In other words, we, as teachers, have helped kill students’ love of writing when we dictate the writing genre, topic, length, and format. The solution? Implement a weekly writing journal that allows students to express themselves in a variety of ways while sharing their writing with an authentic audience….
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