The Literacy Place - Reviewing and Celebrating Writing

 Reviewing and Celebrating Writing was a zoom PD presentation during Covid 19.

In my classroom I have always celebrated writing but during this PD it came apparent that there are more explicit ways of not only celebrating but reviewing writing in an explicit way.  

As the side below shows, reviewing our writing gives the student more of a chance to improve their writing by firstly going through their writing and making changes or adding more information before they share it with a peer and/or the teacher.

Using resources to checkmark where the learner is at with their learning is something that I will be using in my teaching.  Having a simplistic visual resource for the learners to use will be a benefit to them as they can monitor where they are at rather than having to come and ask what next after each activity.  Some of my favourite visual cues from the PD are below.

I think it is important for the learner to share their story to at group or class as below in the 'Sharing Circle' as it is giving their work more of a purpose.  Knowing that you are sharing your work gives the incentive to ensure that you have made sure you work makes sense, is interesting/exciting and keeps the other students engaged.