My View of Writing:
While looking over the two different views of writing, I had a difficult time deciding which category I fell into. As I have been taught throughout my school years and my ongoing education, I feel that I received a little bit of both views. I definitely believe that when I was in school I was taught more through the Learning View: Traditional Writing Classroom. My ongoing education though has taught me more of the Acquisition View: Process Writing Classroom. I feel I have a good knowledge of both.
When I taught in Middle school, I definitely taught more to the Acquisition view. Middle schoolers were able to handle the more complex ideas and they already had the conventions down. I was able to let them edit each others papers and knew that they could find many of the mistakes that i would find as well. When I moved down to Elementary school, I switched my writing instruction back to the the Traditional Writing Classroom. The younger students still needed to understand the conventions and needed more step by step instruction. I edit their papers so that I can catch mistakes that their classmates may not see.
I think both views are excellent and each view has their own benefits. I feel though that I have gained more knowledge by being taught and teaching by views.
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