{"id":190,"date":"2020-05-11T13:50:48","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T17:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/meseroll\/?p=190"},"modified":"2020-05-11T13:50:49","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T17:50:49","slug":"writing-with-a-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/meseroll\/2020\/05\/11\/writing-with-a-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing With a Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I considered myself a writer when I had a purpose and an authentic audience.  I wish that I could say that this happened in kindergarten but I actually found the power of the written word in high school.  How can we help our young children become writers?  Make it authentic!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Provide Authentic  Writing Opportunities: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-The writing task needs to be engaging and have a clear purpose.  This will give children the opportunity to write about something that they have knowledge of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ensure That There is a Real Audience:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-We need to know our audience when we&#8217;re writing.  The tone and language a child will use for friends and classmates is very different from those used with family members or business owners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As parents, you hold the key to encouraging your child to write.  Let your child see you write daily and explain to them your audience and purpose for writing.  Even if you&#8217;re writing a daily journal entry to yourself, this lesson will show your child that you value the power of being a writer!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I considered myself a writer when I had a purpose and an authentic audience. I wish that I could say that this happened in kindergarten but I actually found the power of the written word in high school. How can we help our young children become writers? Make it authentic! Provide Authentic Writing Opportunities: -The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":777,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/meseroll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/meseroll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/meseroll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/meseroll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/777"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/meseroll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/meseroll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":191,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/meseroll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190\/revisions\/191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/meseroll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/meseroll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/meseroll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}