RW/WW Atwell Chapter 5: Getting Started

Summary:
Atwell believes the first week of her writing/reading workshop is the most important to set the tone and get students started on their paths as a community of authors and readers. She starts by having students get to know each other with drama games and also to get to know her classroom's resources by scavenger hunts. Then, she introduces the idea of Writing/Reading Territories-a brainstormed list (that will grow) written in a notebook and covering all of the topics, genres, audiences, and book titles or genres a student has written/read or is interested in writing/reading. When a writer or reader runs out of ideas, they can go back to their "terrorities" list. The first week of the workshop method also includes getting students familiar with the "status of the class" report, which is a one-by-one sharing of what each student is working on, and with other aspects of the workshop such as mini-lessons, quiet writing time, sharing portions of one's writing to the class in a circle, and read-alouds by Atwell and quiet reading time.

参考になった点

今回特に印象に残ったのはAtwellから見て学生に「やって欲しくない」こと。

Writingに関してはp.142 "How I Spent My Summer Vacation"に象徴される"too broad"な題材、そして"safe subjects they don't really care about"というものを避けて欲しいとAtwellは書いてます。

Readingに関してはp.146 "My most important responsibility...is to make sure nobody is reading a book he or she doesn't like"

すばらしい考え方だと思う。従来の一斉教育だと"subjects they don't care about" "books they don't like"を押し付けることが教育になってしまっている部分がある。それを避け、学生がreal writers and readersとして開花するサポートをする教師の役割・手順をAtwellは書いてくれている。

その延長としてp.147もとてもいい文です。
"Reading becomes a whole, sense-making endeavor, and texts are open books--wide open to kids' opinions, questions, interpretations, and enjoyment. Writing becomes purposeful, personal, and world-changing--not the turf of a talented few but the domain of everyone who has something to say and someone to say it to."

自分のWriting/Readingの指導は上記を少しでも達成してみたいなと思う。

それにしても、AtwellのWriting/Reading Territoriesはすごい。自分がReader/Writerとしての自分を磨かないといけないと思わされる。

Workshop Methodではまず教師が自分の読み・書きを「本物」に変えなくてはいけない難しさがある。でもその中で得るものはとても大きい気がする。

以上、短くですが、Chapter 5のリアクションでした。