I think that an important thing to remember, as mentioned in the book, is that not every student is going to be able to take the instructions given to them, and just do an assignment, or a reading. Different students might need the instructions explained to them, because they understand something better when it is said to them than when it is written down. Once the students know what they are supposed to do, ask them questions to get more details out of them, and into their writing.
I remember being in elementary school, and using drawings to tell a story, and then we would use words to better explain what we drew. Everybody enjoyed doing this, and I think that it was a good way to introduce writing. The book suggests that the students should do exactly this. Draw and then write a story based on the drawing. I think that this is an excellent opportunity for the students to practice writing, and also have fun while they do it.
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Good point! Drawings can communicate as much or even more than writing so we need to encourage children to draw their stories. Even older children benefit by drawing first before writing stories.
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