SHARED+WRITING

Shared writing involves “the children as participants in the writing process. In shared writing the teacher holds the pen and the students are invited to contribute ideas for the writing.” (Hill, S 2006 p 300) Shared writing is similar to a shared book experience in that it allows students to gather information and build on strategies and knowledge they already have. Shared writing can be used in the class to write narrative, plots, develop structure, rewrite introductions or endings and introduce activities.

The picture below demonstrates the teacher introducing an activity using the shared writing technique. The teacher is calling upon the student for responses, so that she may write them down.

Source: (<[|web.sssd.k12.ar.us/ northside/baliteracy.shtml]> accessed 27/04/2008)