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Free Webinar: The Natural Stages of Growth in Writing

Natural Stages of Growth in Writing

Natural Stages of Growth in Writing
with Julie Bogart

FREE Webinar!

Do you wonder if your child is at grade level in writing?
Worried that public schooled kids are doing MORE writing than your same-aged child?
Curious about why one child writes freely and well while a sibling balks, cries, and resists?
Need some fresh ideas to get your kids motivated to write?

Glad you asked!

I’d like to invite you to join me for a Fall Teacher In-Service Training about writing. We’ll discuss the natural developmental stages of growth in writing and how to address each age and stage with practical help.

The webinar was held live on November 20, 2018 but no worries if you missed it!

Here’s the REPLAY

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Faltering Ownership Basics

Faltering Ownership

What is the Faltering Ownership stage of writing?

The stop and start stage of writing. Students show bursts of growth, pencil management, keyboarding skills, some spelling triumphs mixed with obvious errors, variable punctuation, moments of brilliance, and paragraphs of insipidity. Pride in successful writing experiences alternate with struggle.

How do I know if my child is in the Faltering Ownership stage?

Your child:

tires quickly, but can get some writing to the page without help from the parent.
takes pride in his work and wants to improve it or share it.
doesn’t retain correct spellings even after “learning” them.
needs support, shows some independence, but also resists input from parent-editor.

In other words, one day your child gets a detailed story to paper. The next week, she complains that she hates writing. This is often seen in eleven and twelve year olds but don’t be governed by age range. Focus instead on the description and match it to your individual child.

Faltering Ownership Stage of Writing

I think my child is in the Faltering Ownership stage. Now what?

1) Listen to the Faltering Ownership podcast.

2) See Faltering Ownership in action

Word Tickets
Wild Words

3) Check out how other homeschoolers implement the Brave Writer program

Fifth Grade Creative Writing (Look, We’re Learning)
A Review of Brave Writer’s Faltering Ownership (Life on a Canadian Island)

4) Consider Brave Writer products and online classes for additional help such as our Faltering Ownership Home Study Course:

A Year-Long Language Arts Plan!
11-12 year olds (age range is approximate)

Developmentally appropriate projects.
Step-by-step instructions.
A weekly and monthly plan.

The Writer’s Jungle provides you with the essential tools that enable you to be an effective writing coach. Faltering Ownership is the product that gives you a practical routine (think, schedule ala Brave Writer).

Download a FREE sample on our product page.

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Partnership Writing Primer

What is Partnership Writing?

Partnership Writing is the most overlooked stage of writing development. It is a writing-revising-editing partnership between a young writer and a writing coach (YOU!). It’s the stage where parent and child write together, with the parent providing the much-needed support to get those precious, quirky insights to the page.

How do I know if my child is in the Partnership Writing stage?

Your child:

can write a sentence or a few words at a time but tires easily.
needs help with spelling, punctuation, and getting rich vocabulary to the page.
shows interest in using a pencil or keyboard but is not ready to “go it alone.”
needs modeling for how to take thoughts and put them in writing.

In other words, your child wants to share thoughts and ideas through writing but original writing does not reflect the mind-life or verbal fluency. This is often seen in nine and ten year olds but don’t be governed by age range. Focus instead on the description and match it to your child.

Partnership Writing

I think my child is in the Partnership Writing stage. Now what?

1) Read the blog post, “The misunderstood ‘child-led learning’ model”

2) Listen to the Partnership Writing Podcast

3) See Partnership Writing in action

4) Check out Brave Writer products and online classes for additional help such as our Partnership Writing Home Study Course:

A Year-Long Language Arts Plan!
9-10 year olds (age range is approximate)

Developmentally appropriate projects.
Step-by-step instructions.
A weekly and monthly plan.

The Writer’s Jungle provides you with the essential tools that enable you to be an effective writing coach. Partnership Writing is the product that gives you a practical routine (think, schedule ala Brave Writer).

Download a FREE SAMPLE on our product page.

If your child isn’t in the Partnership Writing stage, here’s a helpful guide for all the stages.

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Partnership Writing in Action!

Partnership Writing in Action

Who, what, where, when, and why project!

Dear Julie,

I can’t thank you enough for the wonderful products you’ve created and for your continuous support and inspiration! I have learned so much from you!

We have been meeting once a month, since September, for our Brave Writer co-op with four other families. We have four girls doing Partnership Writing and six little ones doing Jot It Down. The main purpose of our gatherings is to provide an audience for one another, but we also play games or do some fun writing activities. So far, all the kids have worked on the same projects every month (each with their own topics, styles, etc.). We’ve also discussed doing “open mic” so the kids can share any other writing they’ve been doing, but we tweak and learn as we go.

Last month our older girls worked on the 5 Ws project from Partnership Writing…who, what, where, when, and why. One of the moms thought it would be fun for them to create a newspaper using their 5 Ws projects. They all got together one afternoon with their completed projects and put together their first issue of “Brave News.” Yes, they came up with the name themselves!

I hope this is not their last issue.

I’ll be in touch soon with what our little ones have been up to!

Hugs!
Patty

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Jotting It Down in action!

Dear Julie,

I had to share this with you. My girls were having breakfast and having a nonsense conversation that was starting to wear on me. I suggested they talk about something else, like the books they’re currently reading perhaps. 😉

All on their own, they turned it into a full blown discussion with little sis narrating her story and big sis jotting it down. Big sis can get a little over zealous with her questions, but at least she’s passionate about it…gotta give her that much.

Thanks for continuing to inspire us every day!
Patty