Engaging Student Writers
With John McCarthy
John McCarthy
Excited to welcome lead learner & National Education Consultant, focusing on what’s best for ALL learners. Edutopia Blogger #DI4ALL Co-Mod @Deadwoodwriter Editor #dwriters #opaths
Website: http://openingpaths.org/
Twitter: @jmccarthyeds
#LIVedChat w/ John McCarthy
Wednesday, Jan 21, 2015, 09:00 PM
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Chat Questions:
Q1: How would you or students finish this sentence: Writing is like _____ (ex. Peppers or Sports Team) because _____.
Q2: When students don’t believe they can be a good writer, what are ways we can mediate their perception?
Q3: Writing starters: Besides Fast/Freewrites http://openingpaths.org/blog/2014/02/writer-block-breakthrough/ what other strategies engage students to draft ideas?
Q4: What are some public websites (ex. Metacritic www.metacritic.com) & places (News) where Ss can publish or submit work?
Q5: What interesting products could students produce that includes writing (not papers)?
Q6: Including blogging, how can social media tools be used to encourage writing? List: http://www.edutopia.org/blog/differentiated-instruction-social-media-tools-john-mccarthy via @edutopia
Q7: What are more strategies & methods that improve writing? Such as RAFTs http://openingpaths.org/blog/2014/10/rafts-packed/