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Real Readers, Real Writers, and a Home-Grown Experience
Susan Ellis, Gill Friel
As with many good innovations, it began with a real and pressing problem. We wanted the students at St. Ninian's Primary, a large city school for children ages 5-12 years, to develop a sense of audience for their writing. In Scotland, story writing is commonly taught using story frames and planning sheets that ask students to identify the characters, the setting, the initiating problem/event, and the resolution. Despite this support, students often omit important details because they find it hard to consider their writing from the reader's point of view. This perspective is a vital part of becoming an author: "A sense of authorship comes from the struggle to put something big and vital into print.
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Real Readers, Real Writers, and a Home-Grown Experience