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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?
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??
Completely agree - one of the things that really helped consolidate my interest in History was finding out about the academic journal @concordreview that let high school students publish with a selective 7% acceptance rate. Highly recommend and got lucky to publish.
Agreed. In the past I’ve put student essays online, etc, but nothing has worked as well as me saying “When you’re done writing this paper three months from now, you have to stand in the gym for 2 hrs and let any stranger who walks up ask questions about it.”
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
Yes please
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