Return-Path: <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.3/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id JAA26919; Mon, 21 Feb 2000 09:00:45 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 09:00:45 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <v03010d05b4d6f3ee0f55@[128.148.147.28]> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Janet Isserlis <Janet_Isserlis@Brown.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FOBASICS:222] Re: writing X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Status: O Content-Length: 4034 Lines: 80 Ralph and all This brings to mind an exercise that Wendy Quinones did within the context of adult multiple intelligences (AMI) work - she used the film _Educating Rita_ , and among other things, asked students to attend to the layout of the physical spaces, the music, [clothing??] etc. Others in the AMI project could be far more articulate about their work -- I mention it here because i think the notion of multiple points of view is not too indirectly linked to the possiblities of getting to writing from mulitple points of departure/from multiple intelligences/strengths -- although, no, I don't think I'm conflated strengths with intelligences. Just read the whole writing issue this weekend, and urge everyone to do the same. Wonderful range of ideas, and while I may have had small quibbles with some of them, appreciated very much that they were all present in the volume. On yet another slightly tangential note, Maxine Greene's writings about imagination and possibility also connect (at least in my funny little world) to the work we're talking about when we talk about writing and expression. (I've linked two of her online articles to http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Swearer_Center/Literacy_Resources/screen.html [scroll down] >Here's a writing idea I got from a methods teacher. I adapted this idea >after having had some bad experiences with autobiographical student writing. >The class reads a short story. The class is then broken up into groups, with >each group concentrating on a particular aspect of the story-not things like >plot, theme, character, etc.-but things like dialog, reference to color, >scenery descriptions, or other interesting particulars of the story that >students choose. The groups then each write a collaborative piece about the >chosen story aspect. Finally, the pieces are bound together into a new >story, sort of a deconstructed amalgamation process-well, you get the idea. >Students can view the same story from a different point of view. The reading >can just as easily be a newspaper or magazine article. Also, this can be a >short or long term exercise, depending on student interest and length of the >reading. >The advantages of this kind of exercise lie in the group process involved, >and the fact that students can creatively write about something interesting, >yet not directly related to themselves and their own experiences. RS > > >>From: "ralph silva" <silva_ralph@hotmail.com> >>Reply-To: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov >>To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> >>Subject: [NIFL-FOBASICS:218] writing >>Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 09:54:01 -0500 (EST) >> >>Greetings FOBers, and welcome to this season's topic, Writing. I found all >>the FOB articles to be very interesting, having been myself a basic writing >>teacher(before moving over to basic computer instruction). My favorite >>article is Mary Russell's piece on the assumptions we make. I have many >>times fallen into the trap of assuming that a student knows, for instance, >>that "revision" is not the same as "correcting misspellings". In my more >>recent practice of computer instruction, I have been flummoxed by students >>writing the word "click" when I tell them to "right-click" a screen icon. >>Now I say "click right"(seems to work). >> Since this is kind of a nuts-and-bolts teaching issue, I would like to >>suggest that we use this discussion to trade the tools, techniques, and >>best >>practices from our everyday basic writing classes and tutorials. What >>little >>tricks have you found to be useful with basic writing? What resources have >>you found in books, journals, on line, that you could share with the group? >>What are the most common mistakes made in writing instruction, and how do >>we >>avoid those mistakes? RS >>______________________________________________________ >>Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com >> > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
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