Shared writing

PGCE2011-12

Objectives

• To understand shared writing• To be able to have a go at it on SE1

Warming up the Word - Creative Games Crossing the River

Warming up the Word - Creative Games 2

Place Abstract noun Person

Cave castlecupboard

FearJoypain

PrinceTrampTeacher

• Pain• Fidelity• Freedom• Justice• Abundance• selfishness

• Ambition• Death• Treachery• Bliss• courage

We have:

Generated ideas• Worked with people we may not normally

have worked with• Shared ideas• Enjoyed listening to others’ ideas• Everyone has been talking about words• Nobody has failed- everyone has succeeded• We have learned from each other

Writing Observational poems using images

Writing Observational poems using images

Each table of 8 people write on your wipeboard a line for one of these

FlamesTrees

SilhouettesSparkssmoke

Write for about 3 minutes each

Give feedback

Generate vocabularyYou:• Demanded more• Praised good vocabulary• Encouraged use of

adventurous vocabulary• Used ……… to liberate

them

DemonstrationYou:• Gathered ideas• Rehearsed sentence

orally• Spoke as you wrote• Read back• Explained why you

wrote what you wrote

Give more feedback

ScribingYou:• To and froed• Didn’t take the first idea• Praised good ideas• Explained why you

chose the ideas• Got children to talk to

partner

StyleYou:• Added• Deleted• Substituted• Moved• Explained why

Reflect in your micro group

• How did it feel writing on the board?• What did you do well (ask your group

members)?• Can you see any benefit for children in your

class?

• Gather ideas• Rehearse sentence• Speak as you write• Reread and make changes

Techniques we use in shared writing

(The mantras)

• add, • delete• substitute• move

• “Don’t let a good word get away”• “Save it” • Dotted line under a wrong spelling to keep

adventurous word and flow of composition• “Keep going” -Tell me more words, generate

vocabulary• Generate, judge, select