WritingToRead

=**Writing To Read**=

In the introduction to this report, the authors present three essential questions to be addressed in the text. After reading the article, answer 2 of the following questions, pose a question of your own, and answer at least one question posed by another Fellow. 1. Does writing about material students read enhance their reading comprehension? I believe it does because it forces them to read in between the lines. I also feel that it gives them a chance to see that they enjoyed the reading, where before they dismissed it before they even knew what the reading would be about. Writing about the reading forces them to go back make a connection and dig deeper into the story.

2. Does teaching writing strengthen students reading skills? In away I feel it does render some help to the students. when they see how creative they can be in their writing they begin to appreciate the author of other stories. They also start to respect the vocabulary and structure that goes into writing a story and how important it is to have people want to read the story you wrote. They want to see if they can make their own stories just as fascinating. I still find that my low readers still need quite a bit of guidance with both reading and writing. As time goes on their writing seems to improve, but reading not so much.

3. Does increasing how much students write improve how well they read?The more you write the more you read? Now this is where for me it starts to get tricky. For those students who love to read I find their writings full of character and dazzlement (if that's even a real word! Lol) but for my struggling readers they are still lacking that dazzelment and still need a push to add more to their writing, just as much as I have to push them to read. In many cases I find that my students love to write more then they love to read! So does writing improve reading? Let's hope so because we will be doing a lot of both! Question: How can an educator help students make the connection between writing and reading so that they are good at both?