Today I was lucky enough to observe Stephen Graham take my class for a writing lesson. He was teaching the students to write a piece of Expository writing.
What I loved about observing him was his high energy and the way he was with the students. No idea was a bad idea and it was obvious no one felt threatened by his in your face approach. He used lots of repetition and technical writing terms to drum into the children the importance of what they were learning. By the end of the session the students had such a sound understanding of the 'Literacy' they were learning and could all explain what a connective was, what an expository text was trying to achieve and how to put together an argument topic sentence.
I really enjoyed when he asked the students what their favourite sentence was and why. My students had to think seriously about their writing and reflect on its effectiveness.
Today's session really helped to solidify my takeaway notes from yesterday's session.
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