Emily

Intentional. That is the word I would use to describe Bonnie's presentation on
test writing preparation and integrating that into the writing curriculum.

The teacher needs to be intentional in helping reluctant students learn to write on a daily basis or in writers workshop. The teacher must then be intentional in teaching students about real writing and test writing.


The teacher needs to be intentional in preparing students for test writing by using a simple writing prompt or idea to write in different genre. He or she must be intentional in teaching the process of how to take almost any writing prompt and use it to write in different modes and genre.

The teacher must be intentional in teaching children and practicing how to access writing strategies both in writers workshop but also in test writng practice.

The teacher must deliberately tell the students that this is "test writing" but that they can do it using strategies they already are practicing.

The intentionality is what I came away with. Also the process of teaching good writing but then also providing scaffolding exercies to prepare students for test writing.