Tuesday, August 27, 2013

100 Things About Me As A Writer

http://readingyear.blogspot.com/2010/10/100-things-about-me-as-reader.html

Use the link above to help you start brainstorming who you are as a writer.  Even though the link is an example of reading attributes, it can help us frame our thinking for our writing too.  If you are having trouble getting started think about what your habits are when you write, what do you like, what do you dislike, what is easy for you, what is difficult, where do you get your writing ideas, what are your favorite stories or information to tell, do you like a certain genre, etc.  There are so many things that make us writers!  I can't wait to hear yours!

12 comments:

Mrs. Scott said...

I enjoy writing poetry.

I like writing personal narratives.

I make a lot of lists.

I kept a diary as a child.

My students like my storytelling, which I use to my advantage during modeling writing lessons.

Poetry writing kind of runs in my family.



Abby said...

*Journaling
*To-Do Lists
*Enjoy writing letters in cursive
*Taking notes - always been a part of how I have learned
*I used to enjoy writing scripts or plays as a kiddo
*I enjoyed writing research papers on historical events in high school/persuasive as well
*Used to write lyrics

Mrs. Scott said...

I don't feel like I'm a good writing teacher.

I often get hung up on grammar and spelling rather than the writing piece as a whole.

Unknown said...

1. I was published in 4th grade at the Young Author's Conference. It's a terrible piece. I can't believe my teacher or I thought it was good. Must have been a really poor class of writers. :)
2. Writing is my favorite subject to teach.

Eric W. said...

I write text messages.
Emails
Word/excel documents
Academic writing (college classes)

Rush said...
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Rush said...

Magan Rush

100 Things About Me As A Writer
1. I don’t see myself as a creative writer, most of my personal experience has been writing in a journal.
2. I mostly hated writing in college because I was told exactly what I had to write on every paper.
3. My favorite writing project in middle school was a persuasive essay on abortion. I had to defend abortions with the research to back it up.
4. Lately, my writing has consisted of creating documents solely for educational purposes.
5. I love writing in my daughter’s baby book!
6. I like writing poems with my students.
7. I miss doing interactive writing lessons with my first graders.
8. I wish I had more time to write at home.
9. Recently I found some of my writing from elementary school and apparently I loved writing my phone number on EVERYTHING.
10. I love writing projects that I can choose my own way of presenting the information.

Mrs. Scott said...

I still have the book I wrote when I was invited to the Young Authors Conference. I think I was in 4-5 grade. I thought that was the coolest thing that I was chosen.

Anonymous said...

1. I don’t view myself as a good writer.
2. This is an area of my teaching that I want to improve upon.
3. I have been following the new writing curriculum and my students really like it.
4. I want to get better at conferring with students during writing time.
5. I want my students to see me more as a writer.
6. I used to hate writing.
7. Timed writing in AP CA in HS turned me off of writing.

Anonymous said...

Writer's Workshop is a wonderful opportunity to get back to writing.

I was blessed to have excellent writing teachers in both high school and college which allowed for me to increase my comfort level.

Anonymous said...

to do lists
reread and rewrite
writers block
not often do I write stories
taking notes
writing my feelings helps me calm down
texting
emails

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