Until our students see that writing can offer more than points and grades, they won’t fully engage with it.
Author: mrfitzfinkle
The Benefits of Writing 11: Better Decision-Making
One of main benefits of writing, so far as I have been able to figure out, is that is helps you make decisions.
The Benefits of Writing 10: Perspective Taking and Points of View
To really persuade someone, you need to show them you understand their point of view.
The Benefits of Writing 9: Exploring and Expressing Enthusiasms
For those students, taking any spark of enthusiasm they show and fanning it to a flame, and helping it spread to other possible enthusiasms, becomes one of my goals.
The Benefits of Learning 8: Questioning
Writing is the act of asking yourself hard questions and then trying to answer them.
The Benefits of Writing 7: Processing Learning
My point is this: using your knowledge to create something new in writing not only helps learning stick – it can inspire more learning.
The Benefits of Writing 6: Creativity!
The late Sir Ken Robinson once asked why we value analyzing literature more than we value actually creating it. I share his concern.
The Benefits of Writing 5:Thinking and Meaning
Writing is thinking on paper. Our thinking is the fabric of our minds: our memories of the past, our imaginative hopes for the future.
The Benefits of Writing 4: It’s FUN!
Consider it your holiday gift to your students: The gift of fun.
The Benefits of Writing 3: Remembering Your Life
Speaking as a teacher of 30 years experience who has, for all of those 30 years, asked students to write about their lives, I can only say I have never had a student complain about writing about their lives after the fact.
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