Reflective Essay: An Education In Writing
An Education in Writing
Writing a piece of persuasive writing and bringing it through the writing process until publication has taught me so much about myself as a writer, nonfiction writing, and being a teacher of writing. Gillespie (1985) explained that only when teachers are writers can they truly teach writing, and throughout my writing process, I was able to think of various lessons that I could teach my students based upon my writing.
After I wrote the first draft of my paper, I realized that certain parts of it did not pertain to my focus. Once I learned how to ensure that each sentence of my paper related back to my focus, I was eager to share the knowledge with my students. Throughout my writing and my writing process, I became aware of various other aspects of writing that I desired to share with my students.
Additionally, I learned about being careful to write toward an audience. In prior drafts, I had not focused much on my audience, but as I read my paper, I realized that I could not feel a connection with the piece. However, when I focused on a specific audience, I realized that my paper was better. After learning about the importance of audience, I shared it with my students in a minilesson.
Furthermore, I discovered how to use an alternate point of view to write creative nonfiction by giving the object I was writing …show more content…
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka showed the value of looking at a story from a different perspective. While I used this idea somewhat in my paper, by writing from the point of view of a chocolate bar, Scieszka wrote The True Story of the Three Little Pigs from a perspective that most people do not consider. By writing from an alternative perspective, the wolf is able to persuade the readers that he is not as bad as most think he is. Although I read this book to plan a lesson for my class, it was instrumental in developing my own
Writing a piece of persuasive writing and bringing it through the writing process until publication has taught me so much about myself as a writer, nonfiction writing, and being a teacher of writing. Gillespie (1985) explained that only when teachers are writers can they truly teach writing, and throughout my writing process, I was able to think of various lessons that I could teach my students based upon my writing.
After I wrote the first draft of my paper, I realized that certain parts of it did not pertain to my focus. Once I learned how to ensure that each sentence of my paper related back to my focus, I was eager to share the knowledge with my students. Throughout my writing and my writing process, I became aware of various other aspects of writing that I desired to share with my students.
Additionally, I learned about being careful to write toward an audience. In prior drafts, I had not focused much on my audience, but as I read my paper, I realized that I could not feel a connection with the piece. However, when I focused on a specific audience, I realized that my paper was better. After learning about the importance of audience, I shared it with my students in a minilesson.
Furthermore, I discovered how to use an alternate point of view to write creative nonfiction by giving the object I was writing …show more content…
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka showed the value of looking at a story from a different perspective. While I used this idea somewhat in my paper, by writing from the point of view of a chocolate bar, Scieszka wrote The True Story of the Three Little Pigs from a perspective that most people do not consider. By writing from an alternative perspective, the wolf is able to persuade the readers that he is not as bad as most think he is. Although I read this book to plan a lesson for my class, it was instrumental in developing my own