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Not writing for an audience is, IMO, the #1 problem with student writing assignments. I don't think an imaginary audience cuts it. Writing for no other purpose than a grade undermines the value of the skill. Kids could be writing real children's books, thank you letters, etc.https://twitter.com/webdevMason/status/1142643056547471360 …
There's a very real sense in which nearly *all* children's work is just busywork — they're expected to treat it like it matters, but ultimately it just gets marked up and tossed in the trash. How is that not demoralizing? The sooner kids can do things for real reasons, the better
What if an English teacher genuinely thought of & presented himself as a broad, eclectic editor/publisher of children's work? What if, from the beginning, kids got real feedback & iterated + built on their work until it was consumable? What if they had to say things worth saying?
my friend is a grad student who has taught several freshman writing seminars and says that by far the single greatest improvement in writing is when he tells them to write to a specific person they know
But agreed that actual skin-in-the-game communication is a step even above that
simple idea: what if all writing assignments within the year was collated into a publication for that class? this would serve as the basis of audience then each school can select the best submissions and publish as a thematic anthology? why are student writing not published??
Year-long feedback loops are way too long, especially for kids. Would want to do something like that on a weekly basis
I had a teacher who had us write letters to businesses, famous people, etc. Sometimes getting things back like a reply from an astronaut or free samples from some biz was great motivation to actually do a good job.
wow, that is kool
The kids who are really, really good at school know that they are writing for an audience--of 1--and know how to please that audience. This is not a totally useless skill, but it's not the one for which we should be rank-ordeting kids.
Ordeting. Good one, Ryan
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