Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Author's Craft- Defined


"Writers make deliberate decisions that leave that leave a ‘sound print” on a reader’s ear and eye through audio and visual craft."-Lester Lamnick   To be an effective teacher, you will discuss the “WHY” behind your own decisions with finess while modeling pieces.
It is imperative that you pre-write your complete modeled piece in advance before teaching the sequential lesson sets to be aware of your own decisions of placement of craft with purpose and care by thinking about the reasons for each decision and the intention behind them.   Craft is not done randomly or with out pre planned thought.
You begin to discover the ways to use the same crafting techniques for the most effective instruction and increasing rigor in your lessons. 
You are the LEADING AUTHOR of your apprentices! Your student’s writing is a reflection of your lessons that are modeled in the classroom.
  PLC's  can help evaluate your instruction, so you can improve your modeled pieces with more deliberate intentions in an artful manner to move your student’s understanding of craft and why it is taught verses creative writing.  

Your students will only be as knowledgeable as you are in the why behind craft and elaboration choice.

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