I am high up in the sky. I am very happy to see my student's progress today when I used the Narrative Rubrics.
I have a student who is very weak in organising her thoughts. Her language is so-so, yet there is so much improvements recently. Her ideas are always good, only that she does not know how to arrange it well. Today, I introduced the rubric. I made sure I introduced it step by step so I won't overwhelm them. What I did was:
1. I asked volunteer to read aloud the requirement of scale 5, 3 and 1 for category Organisation.
2. I then asked the students to analyse where they are according to the details. Be honest with it and raise their hand when I call out the scale. I made sure to make them think it is more of making the first step to a better progress by admitting where they are. To tell the truth I want to make a mental note which students need extra attention when writing later.
3. Then only I explain what and how to achieve scale 5. I provided examples from other books/ movies and tv series that they are watching. I try to make the explanation practical as I could.
4. Then I asked them to write a narration based on any topic they are confident in.
I went to the students for extra attention and had a brainstorming session with their organisation and the planning of their story.
The girl I mentioned earlier had confusing moment on where to start her story. Her idea on her writing is fantastic (she wrote love story), I helped a bit in putting in the twist in the climax. She wanted to write about a boyish protective girl who fell in love with a naughty rich boy in school. At first she wanted to start her story from the beginning of the school - I stated it will be very dragging. She improvised and I am very happy with her new ideas that she came up with.
When the class was nearly over, she came to me to read her introduction. I was very surprised! I actually enjoyed the introduction. I would describe her starting as a very strong hook, which is very interesting and exciting to read. She started with the girl slapping the boy in front of the whole school and he was really stunted by the first girl who manhandled him. That is really good start!
I am hoping to read the rest of the story soon. I feel happy of this big jump. I think now she knows clearer on how to make her writing better. From the rubric, the good students would know what to do. However, the weaker ones need a very thorough guide and to show what the rubric really meant.
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