Summer Institute 1 Fellows
Friday, August 8, 2008
Becoming a Writer
Not being a writer and often being shy when speaking about myself I found that this first week of the institute allowed me to push myself. I was able to speak about myself in such a wonderful environment. All of the activities I improved who I am as a writer. I would also like to mentions how everyone was so accepting of who we all are and celebrated who we all are. I am amazed with all of the ideas that were shared and discussed already that I can bring back to the classroom. I look forward to these following weeks and learning so much more.
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Kelly,
This week's activities were great! The best thing for me was to be able be in that vulnerable state as a writer and as a student of writing. It is so easy for teachers to assign writing assignments to our students, but perhaps we will now be a bit more understanding to the students who say that they can't or don't want to write something about themselves. It was hard for many of us, and I for one will modify how I present, create and implement journal and personal narrative writing in my classroom due to my position in the seat of a student this week.
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