The reflective write is a writing assignment done at the end of a unit, book, or project where the students think about various aspects of what happened during that time. It can be an informal writing or formal, depending on how the teacher wants to use the reflective write. It helps students with their metacognitive abilities in showing them how they learned what they learned, what they appreciated about the task, or what they disliked. It can be used to discuss original predictions, struggles, what the student learned, and any lingering questions.
In my class we did a lot of reflective writing in our journals. I didn’t ask the students to write enough, which I think was a mistake. Some would write a sentence, while others would write a couple paragraphs. Maybe it was just me, but I liked the reflective writings because I got to know the students and I tried to make connections between their life reflections and the books we were reading. I like how Daniels suggests concluding a project with a reflective writing, and it’s my goal to introduce different types of writing this year, and I would like this to go along with some new papers and projects I would like to try out.
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