06 Transition to Ownership
This is our first of a two part discussion of the Transition to Ownership stage of writing growth. This is the time when your 13-14 year olds (8th-9th graders) are making the somewhat treacherous journey from adorable, fact-centered child to rhetorical imagination (the awareness that the world is inhabited by unlimited numbers of perspectives). Noah helps me make this discussion especially engaging.
We’re having a great time making these podcasts (we hope many of you are listening). Share them around, please! I find myself utterly charmed by the chance to express all this build up of thinking I’ve cultivated over 13 years of writing instruction and ponderings. Let me know what you think and pose your questions in the comments.
Quick footnote: there are a couple of gaffes – the way there are when you record yourself mid-roll talking. For instance, I say “posterior” baby when I mean “post-term”! 
Another terrific podcast!
I can hardly wait for the second part.
Noah brings so much insight to the table, seeing as he was trained by what you teach. Lovely!
P.S. I did the same thing as you did (taught myself how to draw with Betty Edward’s book)
It is fun listening to you two laugh and chat together. Keep the podcasts coming.
I’m just chuckled at your note about the gaff…didn’t even think twice about “posterior” since my special needs son was posterior and has had lots of issues
Julie — Thanks so much for these! I just posted a link to them on our homeschool website for those whose students will be in my classes next year. Thanks, Kellie
Thanks Kellie! Feel free to post your website here for others to enjoy too.
Julie
count me as official Listener #6!
these podcasts are great! it’s wonderful to hear and experience the relationship you and Noah have. it’s wonderful to hear first hand just how the Brave Writer Lifestyle plays out.
our children are young yet. we are just beginning. but i feel like these podcasts are life lessons–not just in writing or homeschool success, but also in parenting and developing real, respectful, long-lasting connections with our children.
thank you.
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