When and Where Did I Find It: I found this in our course readings in Daniels, H., Zemelman, S. & Steineke, N. (2007). Content-area writing. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. p. 74
"The write-around is one of the most powerful of all writing-to-learn activities..." (p.74)
What It Means: Write-Around is a strategy used in small group instruction. During the drafting strategy, a person's work is passed among the group. Everyone reads the paper or assignment leaves remarks, comments, praise and suggestions. The writer in return gets a "...string of conversation" (p.74) for them to see and move on to the editing stage with.
Level of Familiarity: I have seen it in practice (last week in class and in my teaching experiences)---just didn't know the formal name for it!
Do I Want to Know This Word Well and Why? I think this is an important strategy to have in the "tool box". I worked well last week, and the comments lefts were valuable in moving to the next stage in the writing process. I would like more practice with this and I would also like to do it in a smaller group when I get a chance to practice with write-arounds again.
Do I Think Others Should Know This Word Well...if so WHO I think that all literacy specialist should know this word and how to use it. I think if a literacy specialist or content teacher uses this the groups should be set up by the teacher. I am very private about my writing and I hate sharing it in the drafting stage---and a teacher should consider this when creating the small groups. Writing is personal and when doing a write-around the teacher should take that into consideration when creating the groups.
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