virtual school: okay, we’re going to teach your 7yo how to write! me, a writer: great! vs: we’ll do this by starting with structured informative paragraphs! me: what vs: the topic will be helping people in the community! me: but vs: and you can’t help them! me: [screeeeeeeam]
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If you’re going to start with informative writing, start them with SHIT THEY ACTUALLY KNOW ALREADY, like their families or pets or favourite games! Don’t try to make them absorb abstract, watered-down Facts to write about at the same time!
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anyway I had him write a paragraph about fortnite instead of community helping because he actually knows what that is and can think of things to say about it, which made it easier for him to grasp, kind of, what the structure was meant to be doing.
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I remember teaching kids writing and now I want to scream.
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