Got this idea from Kelly Gallagher's book Teaching Adolescent Writers. Essentially, what students do is read a rough piece of their writing to a group, then the group members ask a "flood" of questions. After they've written the questions and shared, students will take those questions and revise their work, adding details.
I'm not sure how it's all working out; it might be better if I worked on my revision, then I could show them how I changed mine!
And I did that - I really just don't feel well today. It makes it hard to be excited about anything.
The one thing I can say is that they wrote for the entire amount of time and while no one really wanted to share, I could tell that they were into what they were doing. It was really cool to watch.
I think it might be a bit difficult to get them to work on their personal writing. We need to do a topic brainstorm of some sorts - that's what I'll be looking for next. A way to get them to generate a list of what they want to work on. If there's anyone out there in cyberspace reading this that has a great idea of how to break seniors of the habit of being "assigned" topics to write, I would greatly appreciate any suggestions you have!
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Hope you are feeling better! Love the idea of question flooding! How about Writing Territories for ideas. It's another Gallagher idea.
Thanks for a fun Happy Hour. These get togethers are like therapy!!
Get well. Enjoy your weekend!
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