LIT102 BLOG

The last week of class an article was posted for us to read about c reating a climate for writing. My take from the article was the climate for writing should be comfortable, secured, and exciting for all student authors. It should be well suited for students' needs when writing, the materials and resources must be provided, within the physical and psychological environment. The environment is also important for students, it should motivate the writer and encourage them to write. One ways to create a motivational climate; as mentioned by the article is, self-efficacy, and this should be instilled. Self-efficacy is all about individuals' beliefs to produce specific performance attainments. It impacts the individuals' decision about the activities they choose. Writing all depends on the writer's beliefs. Along with self-efficacy, comes self-regulated students, which monitor and controls their thought processes in order to learn. Self-regulated learners control their own l...

 During this class, we were asked to read up on Creating a Climate for Writing.  This article shines a light on the fact that a differentiated classroom provides a  climate which is favourable to writing. It is a comfortable, exciting place for any student author. Students are comfortable in this classroom because they have developed the mindset of seeing mistakes as opportunities to improve and grow with the help of constructive feedback from the teacher. The establishment of the physical and psychological environment caters to students’ individual needs. Motivational activities and lesson activities are provided with the intent to challenge student authors in a way that will help them to develop into competent and skilled writers.   The article outlined self-efficacy which is cultivated and instilled when positive comments provide recommendations for improvement. Writing experience develops the student’s self-efficacy or belief that he is a successful author. ...

 For the last week of class an article was given to us to read and from what read I learned about: Creating a climate for writing The climate should be comfortable, secured, and exciting for all student authors. It should be well suited for students' needs when writing, the materials and resources must be provided, within the physical and psychological environment. The environment is important for students, it should motivate the writer and encourage them to write. Ways to create a motivational climate: The article mentioned self-efficacy, and this should be instilled. Self-efficacy is all about individuals' beliefs to produce specific performance attainments. It impacts the individuals' decision about the activities they choose. Writing all depends on the writer's beliefs. Along with self-efficacy, comes self-regulated students, which monitor and controls their thought processes in order to learn. Self-regulated learners control their own learning environment and regul...

During this week, the topics reading and writing were explained and discussed. We were instructed to read and examine two different articles. The class identified how to combine both reading and writing and also how to take advantage of the relationship between the two. The article outlined that using an integrated approach when teaching reading and writing is best, rather than teaching one or the other separately. Both draw upon the same body of knowledge and skills which helps to improve student achievement. By integrating the two, students will be able to become proficient writers and also skilled readers. As mentioned before, reading and writing draw upon the same body of knowledge and skills, therefore, it would be beneficial for both the teacher and the students to take advantage of that shared relationship. Teachers must provide meaningful activities that will help to improve reading and writing skills plus knowledge. The relationship between the two will help to make teaching a...

 On the 25th of November, 2020. Our lecturer sent us two articles from Reading Rockets to read to better understand the advantages of combining both reading and writing and also understand how teach them together effectively. The articles outlined the effectiveness of using an integrated approach when teaching reading and writing, rather than teaching them separately. The integration helps improve students academic achievement, helping them to become proficient readers and writers.  Teachers should provide meaningful integrated activities that will help help improve students writing,reader skills and also their comprehension skills.  On the 26th of November, 2020. My group and I met as a group to discuss our digital story .

 In this session our class introduced to pen portrait, where you create a profile speaking briefly about your skills, competencies and attributes. It also gives you the opportunity to share a bit more personal information, like your number or even address. We were given to task create one of our own so we did, mine will be presented below.