Some attitudes or behaviours that I have seen.
- Mostly Interested and excited about sharing their ideas though writing and oral mediums.
- Half often have ideas to write about, other half often don't.
- They all enjoy have models and prompts to write about and follow.
- Some admit to being unsure of how to start, a lot are in the same boat but wont admit it.
- Most feel they are finished after their first draft. I'm done I don't need to edit. Experience tells me that they don't know how to edit!
- Little care for BEST. They don't see their mistakes. They read in correct structures and punctuation but don't fix it up.
- Most wont freely admit to being confused in front of their peers. Those that are willing to say that they are confused, are the more capable writers. They take charge of their learning more than the others.
- Boys minds work faster than they can type or write, so their ideas flow out in their heads but they can't keep up so ideas get missed, lost or jumbled.
- No matter how kid speak I try and make success criteria and learning intentions, I still manage to confuse the kids.
- They can recite success criteria and LO's but don't know what success looks like.
- Me. "What is your LI?" Child explains it perfectly. Me. "so why have you not shown it or thought about it in your independent writing?" Child shrugs shoulders. "I don't know. I just didn't think about it when I was typing." Me. "Why didn't you add detail after you had finished?" Child. "I had finished."
- Lack of engagement with LO's and success criteria unless teacher driven.
- No interest in planning.
Next step. Interviews/Questionnaires.
