Writing Down the Bones INDY Teach Presentation

Writing Down The Bones Indy Teach
Essential Questions
Do you leave peer editing to the students as a way to teach them grammar? What the ways to know how a little or much writing it's still the teacher's responsibility?
Do you teach the traditional language arts way of producing essays? Do have them think of ways outside the box, creating/editing/producing all up to the student to put the emphasis on writing?
The provides some ways for students to get thinking about creativity in the classroom when comes to up writing and revision.
List of Rules
Goldberg outlines the main ideas for writing to begin to be process the ideas.
Keeps your hand moving?
Don't cross out
Don't worry about spelling, punctuation, and grammar
Lose control
Don't think. Don't Logical
Go the Jugular
"It' s an opportunity to capture the oddities of your mind. Explore the rugged of the thought. Like grating a carrot, give the paper the colorful coleslaw of your consciousness. First thoughts have tremendous energy. It is the way the mind first flashes on something. The internal censor usually squelches them"(Goldberg 8 and 9).
List of topics
Tell about the quality of light coming through your window
Begin with "I" remember"
Take something you feel strongly about, whether it is positive or negative
Choose a color
Visualize a place
Who are people you loved
Write about streets of your city
Action of a Sentence

Goldberg writes in certain chapter about verbs and how they are very helpful
"This does not mean that while you are waiting you should stop and contemplate a new verb for an hour.Only, be aware of verbs and the power they have and use them in fresh ways. The more you awake to all aspects of language,the more vibrant your writing will be"(Goldberg 89).

Why do I write

She ask herself why she writes, and then ask the reader why do they write. Gives off the list.
By asking your students, why they write gives the classroom an opportunity to share they thoughts to the class and gives them a chance to see another students share the same thoughts about writing.