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To Our Student Writers

3/25/2016

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Writing workshop is more than setting aside a period of time for writing. It also has to do with the environment we build together with our students. The social dimension of our classroom plays a crucial role in the successes our students will experience. The personal dimension does, too. It is important for each student to develop a writing identity. To that end, we should call our students “writers” as often as possible and raise them to that very conscious level of “I am a writer.”  They are authors now, and they have important things to say. Indeed, it is part of what it means to be human to be able to share our stories with others in a more permanent way. Each day we write a new page in the story of our lives. We are all important. We are connected to everyone else on this planet. We are human beings. We are writers. This poem celebrates the writers in all our classrooms.
 
To Our Student Writers

They are all writers,
Each and every one.
They have found
Power in the written word.
They have discovered
How beautiful language can be –
That it can sing and skip and run
Across the page with big energy!
They are confident and fearless,
Proud to share and publish their words.
Their hearts spill over:
The stories of their lives,
The melodies of their poems,
The truths of songs yet to be sung,
For they are still quite young…
But they are all writers,
Each and every one.



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Jennifer Laffin link
3/25/2016 04:30:50 am

So, so true! When I am teaching writing, I call my students 'writers.' In reading, they are 'readers.' In science, we are 'scientists.' I love your poem too, Lynne. You have captured the spirit of the young writer beautifully.

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Aileen Hower link
3/25/2016 05:24:29 am

Your words are so true! I wish all teachers and students could read this post.

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Diane Dougherty link
3/25/2016 05:26:24 am

Lynne, your way of expressing the joy of writing -- words that skip and run across the page with energy. Student writers who are "confident and fearless" don't just happen, as you say in the commentary. Environment (community) is so important. Thanks for this post.

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Judy Jester link
3/25/2016 05:28:26 am

I love both the intent of this poem and all of the great verbs. Will this be in one of your books?

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Clare link
3/25/2016 06:14:42 am

Lynne,
This is so beautiful in so many ways. I love this line: Indeed, it is part of what it means to be human to be able to share our stories with others in a more permanent way. Each day we write a new page in the story of our lives. We are all important. We are connected to everyone else on this planet. We are human beings. We are writers.

This is completely how I feel. I have loved connecting with so many over this slice of life. I have loved reading the student writing too and I am amazed at the writer's they are. We will share this poem with many students. Thank you.
Clare

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Shelly
3/25/2016 06:30:08 am

Love this post, Lynne. I refer to my kiddos as writers all the time and I believe it makes all the difference!

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Rose Cappelli
3/25/2016 07:08:19 am

I wholeheartedly agree! Being a part of the March story challenge has helped us all see ourselves as writers and share our stories with a larger audience. I think your poem celebrates us as well as our students.

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Dana Kramaroff link
3/25/2016 06:39:56 pm

I adore your poem Lynne! You captured, so beautifully, the lives of writers. May I share your poem with others? It needs to be shared!
-Dana

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lynne dorfman link
3/26/2016 05:07:48 am

Dana, thanks so much - and please feel free to share! Yes! It was written from the heart. The photo is my fourth grade class with me - outside on the playground with their writer's notebook - we are all writing!

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Erika link
3/25/2016 08:19:48 pm

What a beautiful poem that captures the heart of creating student writers.

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    Lynne loves to write in the early morning hours, especially in warm weather when she can sit outside on the patio.  After a walk with her three Welsh Corgis, her mind is cleared and her spirit is inspired by the choir of birds in nearby bushes and trrees. 

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