teaching Literary DevicesWhile this will come as no surprise to a teacher, this study finds evidence that assessing the literary devices in literature helps students write narratives.
It is apparent that for most classrooms, the best readers will be the best writers. It is easily explained due to the fact that the student's who read the most have a greater library of ideas, characters, locations, and plots. Students who do not read as often have a limited scope of viewpoints and good story components. Teachers should showcase good writing while explicitly pointing out the parts of the story that can be described as good literary devices. Here is one example. Source Citation Corden, Roy. "Developing reading-writing connections: the impact of explicit instruction of literary devices on the quality of children's narrative writing." Journal of Research in Childhood Education 21.3 (2007): 269+. General OneFile. Web. 15 Nov. 2011. | Writing process: revisionThis New Zealand case study documents the transactional and narrative writing of several elementary school students.
The study goes on to describe how each student created their piece and how each student worked on revising and editing their work. The idea behind this study could be summarized as "There is no on way to write." Students need diverse writing options and choices when it comes to the writing process. Source Citation Dix, Stephanie. "I'll do it my way: three writers and their revision practices: students approach writing and revising in different ways and are aware of the decisions that go into them." The Reading Teacher 59.6 (2006): 566+. General OneFile. Web. 15 Nov. 2011. |