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Report from the Field – Bob Patrick
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6 thoughts on “Report from the Field – Bob Patrick”
Awesome! Do you think it would appropriate to ask a 2nd year student to do this kind of reflection?
Carly,
We ask Latin 1 students to do this. We ask all levels to do this every semester. What they write changes, of course, over time.
I am glad to share the questions (which also change from time to time), but I’ll have to do that from work tomorrow. Don’t have the doc at home.
Chris, I love distinguishing between timed and relaxed writes. Would love to hear more when you have time to talk about whatever differences you may see.
Chris could you send me a little paragraph on those timed and relaxed writes for Stepping Stones?
I’m doing the same thing. The kids keep their timed writes (5 min) and their relaxed writes (35 min) and I am tracking grammar and wordcount. Yest I asked the kids to look at speedwrite #1 and #6– most recent– they were astonished. They can now write sentences like “There is a tall boy who has straight back hair and green eyes”– pretty complex for ppl who have only had Spanish for 12 weeks.
I think it’s a great idea to ask them to refelct on learning. Maybe Bob can tell us what he asked them
This is very encouraging to hear, Bob. I have yet to do any timed writes yet, but you have inspired me to get that going right away. I have been actively looking for new ways for the kids to impress themselves 🙂
The analysis questions I ask have morphed over the years, and they change with the level of the students. This year, I am teaching mostly 4th year students. These are the questions I asked. I will add here that now, having read all of their responses, there is an overwhelmingly common theme coming from their own observations: they are clear that their best writing happens around stories, subjects and events that they were really interested in, deeply engaged and which we talked about in Latin a lot. In other words? Output is a result of input, baby.
Instructions:
Take about 20 minutes to read through ALL of your entries in your composition notebook.
Do all of your analysis on a fresh page in it. Date it at the top with the title “Composition Analysis–Fall 2014”
After your read through, what are you noticing about your writing that surprises you? Surprises should be both about progress and perhaps some shortcomings. Explain with examples.
Which of your writings is your best? Identify it by title and date, and explain with examples why it is your best?
Pretend that this composition notebook were the only evidence of your progress in Latin over the last 4 years. Write a summary description of what that progress means and looks like. Write it third person about yourself, and include examples from your writing this semester.
Give yourself a numeric grade for your performance in Latin this semester based only on what is in this notebook. Give an explanation for this grade.
When finished, fold the pages of this analysis over in half, close your notebook, and return it to the front of the room.