I agree with the text that many teachers do not teach enough writing. With the pressure of reading programs in elementary schools teachers feel they do not have enough time to devote to a writing workshop. However, learning to write well is beneficial to learning to read and students will benefit from exposure to a variety of texts. Also, writing (especially multigenre writing) will help student be prepared for state writing assessments. Multigenre writing projects help to teach many of the NCEST writing goals, including reading and writing many genres, research, editing and writing persuasive pieces.
I found the evaluation piece very helpful because it showed how to effectively evaluate a student’s multigenre project. I like that the teacher first lists strengths about the projects before listing things that could be improved. I also enjoy reading the student samples.
Before beginning a multigenre project a writing workshop should be established. The writing workshop process is essential to multigenre projects. It requires students to plan, edit and revise. Students need to also have a thorough understand of different genres before beginning the process. They need to read and write pieces from different genres before beginning their multigenre project.
