Reflection Observation 1

PAC 10th March 2016
Romy, Rebecca, Angela and Christine

What do you do when you get stuck in your writing?

• Reread and see if it is making sense
• Go to the teacher and read it out loud to her to see if it makes sense
• Wait for a time to work with a buddy and ask them to give me feedback     

Do you get stuck?

• I sometimes get stuck in the planning part.

What do you do then?

• Try to work it out
• Think of a time when something like what I'm thinking of happened and try to write that down
• Think of a story I have read and think how the author might have planned it.

Romy Next Steps:

• Specific choice of words and phrases to put into his writing to enhance a mood or a overall feeling in his writing
• Build vocab so words become more specific 
• Part 4 journals to explore more complex ideas

Christine Next Steps:

• Clarity around Level 4 of the curriculum as this is where Romy will be moving to
• Sourcing relevant models and exemplars at Level 3 and 4

Reflection

It is interesting that Romy came to me as just at expectation. I have not found him here at all. He does prefer to write fiction to non fiction and has a good understanding of different genre within fiction writing.  From what Romy talked about in answer to the questions during the PAC, I would like to strengthen the peer feedback that the students give each other. Much of it is surface level using the cue cards we developed as a class. The writers circle could be used more effectively than what it is being at the moment. Also Readers Literacy Circle may be a way to engage the students in deeper thinking about what they are reading and work on transferring this to their writing. 

For Term 2 I would like to explore Sophisticated Picture Books with the class and think this will extend Romy to the thinking and vocab levels that he would benefit from working within.  This is detailed in the write up under My Inquiry.