http://dogtrax.edublogs.org/2012/10/16/what-i-write-the-written-text/ If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. ~ Charlie Parker Sun, 19 May 2013 19:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://edublogs.org/?v=3.5.1 http://dogtrax.edublogs.org/2012/10/16/what-i-write-the-written-text/comment-page-1/#comment-8432 dogtrax Wed, 17 Oct 2012 09:18:04 +0000 http://dogtrax.edublogs.org/?p=6922#comment-8432 Great point, Gail.

]]> http://dogtrax.edublogs.org/2012/10/16/what-i-write-the-written-text/comment-page-1/#comment-8431 dogtrax Wed, 17 Oct 2012 09:17:50 +0000 http://dogtrax.edublogs.org/?p=6922#comment-8431 Thanks, Linda.
I like that metaphor of the egg, and the writer cracking it open.
Kevin

]]> http://dogtrax.edublogs.org/2012/10/16/what-i-write-the-written-text/comment-page-1/#comment-8429 LInda Baie Wed, 17 Oct 2012 02:21:01 +0000 http://dogtrax.edublogs.org/?p=6922#comment-8429 Thanks for the idea of thinking about what you write, and then putting it into a poem, as you said it always comes down to, Kevin. I like this line especially: “a shout-out-loud yelp into the wilderness of the world”. Sometimes I’ve said to students when they are researching that it’s like cracking an egg to see inside. They must question and write and research their passions so they can ‘crack their own eggs’. Looking forward to your additons to this in the next days.

]]> http://dogtrax.edublogs.org/2012/10/16/what-i-write-the-written-text/comment-page-1/#comment-8428 poulingail Tue, 16 Oct 2012 11:49:36 +0000 http://dogtrax.edublogs.org/?p=6922#comment-8428 At the end of the day yesterday, we got a new post card from a K class in Texas and it ended with a question about our school mascot. When I pointed out that they other class had a question, we started thinking of some questions we now had. The students loved their own thinking and it was in the form of questions. Someone wanted to know how many children were in Texas. Another wanted to know more about the 100 heat in that state.
You wrote, “…the mysteries of ideas -
the shadows filtering in from outside of myself
as some sort of jewel
half-hidden away in my consciousness demanding
freedom”
It reminds me that our students need to develop their own ideas and that these should be given the “freedom” to grow and expand on their thinking. All too often now, the narrow confines of curriculum units make the experience lead to a multiple choice or true/false assessment.

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