Collaborative Writing Group Reflection
Students were asked to reflect about their experience with engaging in collaborative writing groups...again, this is another opportunity for students to contribute their voice to the classroom.
I provided some probing questions but they were allowed to reflect on the experience however they wanted to.
Some probing questions included:
- What worked with the collaborative writing groups?
- Did you enjoy it? Why or why not?
- Did it help? How?
- What was challenging about it?
- What would YOU do differently next time?
- Any advice you'd give Ms. Wang if we do this again...(or should we not?)
I received back some honest feedback:
"What worked well was everybody wasn't playing so much and we had to shared and we respected each other" -LB
"We gave each other positive AND negative feedback...the challenging part was getting comfortable sharing..." -ID
"I did enjoy that time because I got to listen to others' stories and I got to give my opinion on what they could've done...and get back good/helpful feedback" -PM
"What worked was that we truly listened and gave great feedback to each other...YES! this was very helpful because my peers gave great feedback that could better my work and I really liked it..." -JE
"What was challenging for me was reading to classmates I didn't know if they would have hated it or other stuff. Next time Im going to read with more confidence." -GS
"The thing that worked the most was the fact that we could get helpful, thorough, and though out suggestions from our peers about our writing. I did enjoy the peer writing groups mostly because I got to listen to what others wrote and give positive feedback. I think it was helpful to me because from their question, I will then be able to ask myself more questions and elaborate on my thoughts." -ACJ
Overall, 100% of students noted important feedback that they received from their peers; students were asked to draft an action plan for next steps for their writing drafts from this experience. All students had at least one or two concrete steps to take to revise and tighten their stories.
cool beans.
next time for me:
I definitely feel like I should videotape some of these conversations because they were sensational. I was so immersed in observing and at times, participating that it slipped my mind to archive it. I also am glad that I didn't give students a formal handout or checklist to use during the process. I think because it was more "loose" there was an informality that allowed students to be MORE productive.
I provided some probing questions but they were allowed to reflect on the experience however they wanted to.
Some probing questions included:
- What worked with the collaborative writing groups?
- Did you enjoy it? Why or why not?
- Did it help? How?
- What was challenging about it?
- What would YOU do differently next time?
- Any advice you'd give Ms. Wang if we do this again...(or should we not?)
I received back some honest feedback:
"What worked well was everybody wasn't playing so much and we had to shared and we respected each other" -LB
"We gave each other positive AND negative feedback...the challenging part was getting comfortable sharing..." -ID
"I did enjoy that time because I got to listen to others' stories and I got to give my opinion on what they could've done...and get back good/helpful feedback" -PM
"What worked was that we truly listened and gave great feedback to each other...YES! this was very helpful because my peers gave great feedback that could better my work and I really liked it..." -JE
"What was challenging for me was reading to classmates I didn't know if they would have hated it or other stuff. Next time Im going to read with more confidence." -GS
"The thing that worked the most was the fact that we could get helpful, thorough, and though out suggestions from our peers about our writing. I did enjoy the peer writing groups mostly because I got to listen to what others wrote and give positive feedback. I think it was helpful to me because from their question, I will then be able to ask myself more questions and elaborate on my thoughts." -ACJ
Overall, 100% of students noted important feedback that they received from their peers; students were asked to draft an action plan for next steps for their writing drafts from this experience. All students had at least one or two concrete steps to take to revise and tighten their stories.
cool beans.
next time for me:
I definitely feel like I should videotape some of these conversations because they were sensational. I was so immersed in observing and at times, participating that it slipped my mind to archive it. I also am glad that I didn't give students a formal handout or checklist to use during the process. I think because it was more "loose" there was an informality that allowed students to be MORE productive.
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