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FOR THE LOVE OF POETRY For years we have felt that poetry should comprise of stanzas made up of words and phrases that rhyme. However this class had given us a greater insight into the formation of poems. We established that poems are used to express ideas and feelings , as well as tell of a story. At the end of the class we were all more confident to create beautiful poetic pieces riddled with carefully formed stanzas and poetic flow. The lecturer had us recreate a cinquain as a class and each of us were given the responsibility to draft our own haiku. But before we did this we had to find out what a cinquain was, as this was a new word in our mental word collection. This was a stanza made up of five lines. Thus we were able to formulate a short cinquain that met the approval of the class. Unaware that poem had varieties, we were introduced to 4 types of poems, which were; ballads. narrative poems, limericks and the haiku. But of interest to us was this newly learnt one; t
REFLECTION ON MINI LESSONS Having gone through this course, we have grown to realize how significant writing is and how the intricacies of writing can be reduced if we pay attention to the writing process. Over the duration of this course, we’ve been hearing about the writing process. But what is the writing process? The writing process consists of five stages namely prewriting, drafting, revising, editing and publishing. Editing is a crucial stage of where we peruse our writing, trying to correct errors in grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, vocabulary and other mechanics in writing. Whether you are a competent writer or not, CUPS help add fluency and coherence to your piece as it helps you check for capitalization, spelling, grammar, punctuation and word usage. It may sound like a simple task but going through this process may prove to be a bit daunting. The most sensible thing would be to edit for one aspect one at a time. This would help us
WHAT IS A WRITING PHILOSOPHY? A writing philosophy is a set of reflective statements about one’s perspectives on teaching, learning, reading, writing and how it informs one’s practices. This statement is written from the author’s perspectives and is highly influenced by experience, knowledge, observations and professional development and growth. On October 15 th , 2019 our course instructor profited the opportunity to introduce us to a writing philosophy. She underscored the importance of developing our own writing philosophies as our perspectives on writing drives our instructional practices. She first read aloud her philosophy, after which, she asked us to form groups to read and analyze a sample philosophy statement. We focused on one paragraph at a time whereby we tried to connect all the pertinent points to decipher what the writer was focusing on in each. We believe that this initiative by our lecturer was a great one as not only did it called for us to collaborate,
DESCRIPTIVE WRITING This class session mainly focused on descriptive writing. We learned that descriptive writing is to describe a person, place or thing in such a way that a picture is formed in the reader's mind. We also learned that when one uses descriptive writing to speak about an event, this involves paying close attention to the details by using all of one's five senses. In addition, teaching students to write more descriptively will ameliorate their writing by making it more interesting and engaging to read. Unlike the other types of writing, it was understood that descriptive writing has many characteristics. Primarily, a good descriptive piece includes many vivid sensory details that paints a picture and appeals to all of the reader's senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste when appropriate. This simply means that it helps the reader live vicariously through the writer and any piece of writing especially a descr
MODELLED WRITING This class session focused mainly on modelled writing. We learned that modelled writing is an opportunity for students to observe a proficient writer going through the process of putting ideas into a written form. In modelled writing, teachers can focus on authorial elements of writing such as sequencing and linking ideas, choosing appropriate words, etc. or secretarial elements such as employing spelling strategies, using correct punctuation etc. We were of the understanding that the students do not offer their ideas in modelled writing. Instead, it is anticipated that they will use the strategies modelled in their own independent writing. Modelled writing can be employed as a whole class or small group strategy. The students need to be able to clearly see the text as it is constructed. Moreover, during the modelling of the piece of writing, our lecturer made her own thinking and writing processes visible for us. In addition to this, the class was
NARRATIVE WRITING With wide eager eyes, the division of teacher education, primary division, paid rapt attention as the lecturer decided to use the role play strategy to provide instruction about narrative writing to us. As young writers, we are sometimes tempted to write what the topic speaks about or addresses. We may sometimes fail to include points that may compliment our narrative pieces and thus our writing may lack the adequate substance or feeling when our readers interact without our text. For this reason, our lecturer used these periods to help us understand how we can be thorough when planning and executing a narrative piece. She pretended to be a grade 3 teacher and after going through the sections of a narrative piece, placed us, the grade 3 students in groups for us to plan our own narrative piece entitle "My Worst Nightmare". But before, she allowed the entire class to plan a story in a clear and efficacious way. We brainstormed as a class and ou
WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY TAMIIRO Three young writers, out on a conquest To display their blogging skills and put it to the test. With determined minds they strive to express The ways in which their classes progress Each blog carefully typed to their cognitive satisfaction Through sentences and paragraphs that analyze a description. So sit back and relax, why not read our reflection As we unfold the beauty within our great institution
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