Tonight's class is dedicated to celebrating TEACHERS as AUTHORS!
Writers write to be read. Response becomes an important part of the publication rituals that we engage out students in as readers and writers.
(Hicks, 2009, p. 82, emphasis added)
Our LTED 618 Author Celebration "Ritual"
1. Each writer must share at least one piece or one component of their genre pieces project.
2. Student-author must either sit in the "author chair" or stand at the podium to share her work.
3. Student-author can decide whether she wants to project her work on the screen while she reads.
4. When the student-author is finished reading her work, the audience must respond appropriately. We agree an appropriate response can include:
- clapping of hands
- clapping of hands and stomping of feet
5. Audience should be prepared to also respond with appropriate (and legitimate) verbal praise.
- Wow, I really like the part when...
- You made me think about...
Sharing writing is a social activity, and through sharing, children [and TEACHERS WHO WRITE] develop sensitivity to the audience and confidence in themselves as authors. ...Through sitting in the special author's chair to share their [genre pieces project, student writers -- EVEN TEACHERS] gradually realize they are authors.
(Tompkins, 2008, p. 20 [emphasis added])
