Sunday, 1 February 2015

Brave Writer Pg 46-66

Teacher,

   I went through the the first chapter that there are three important things Narration, copy work, and dictation

Brave writers jungle is about training kids to write. It starts off in the beginning where he teaches his daughter to write. She writes to her grandmother and learn how to read.So he decided the he will Teach other how to read.

i am writing here all the places where the narration is said

Narration is a skill. Quality retelling doesn't come naturally. Certainly the inclination to narrate is natural.  pg 47

Especially that funny part was so, well, uh, weird. Yeah, it was awesome;you gotta rent that movie…” This little example is not narration.  pg 48

Many of you know the famous British educator of the early Charlottesville Mason. Her educational philosophy develops good thinkers who will eventually write well. She advocates the practice of narration. pg 48

Our children need opportunities to teach back to us what they learn,observe, discover and experience and they need lots of access to us in all kinds of settings to do it. (Yes, even in the shower. But I do draw the line when I'm in the bath tub…) Don’t look at narration as a tiresome exer-cise to be drummed out of your kids on command only during school hours. pg 48

It’s tough, especially when you don’t care about the subject yourself. But realize this: when your kids care, they do a better job of narrating and work harder to do it well. pg 48 


review of brave writers from kathy duffy

In the first chapter, Bogart develops her ideas by urging parents/teachers to provide children with a language-rich environment as the nourishment they need to develop their own writing abilities. Narration, copy work, and dictation are tools familiar to Charlotte Mason fans that Bogart uses to develop skills at the basic level. She explains, “ I believe that early elementary writing programs are a bit silly. The number one priority of a writing program for kids under 12 should be to guard their enjoyment of writing. If you succeed in keeping them interested and willing, you’ll have given them a wonderful gift.” Bogart believes this can be accomplished by having young children do less of their original writing and, instead, have them spend time interacting with “writing that’s already written” (p. 6). So she provides concrete procedures and techniques for doing so along with practical advice on scheduling and assessment.

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