Final+Reflection+for+Writer's+Workshop

Monique Kuhl  Final Reflection on Writer’s Workshop When I heard the term Writer’s Workshop growing up I would cringe and I still will. I have always been a strong reader, but writing made me frustrated. I had honestly forgotten all of these frustrations until now. I found writer’s workshop to be frustrating because I have never been a strong writer and it never encouraged me. I would always have pieces that people would tear apart and would no longer look like what I wrote. It convinced me that I was a horrible writer. At such a young age this is extremely discouraging and made it difficult for me all throughout school. I am happy to say for one of the first times I am proud of what I have wrote and that it does still sound like me. I believe this is because this writer’s workshop was much different than anyone I had ever been through before. This writer’s workshop was strictly about asking what I believed I needed help with and receiving the help. It made me think critically about which parts I needed the help with as well as I was able to receive the proper help. It made me realize that I must teach this method to my future students. They will be able to use this method to understand their writing. When a student becomes more aware of how they write they also might be more prepared to improve their writing with assistance. I wish teachers had done this for me when I was younger because maybe I would not have lost my courage in my writing. I am thrilled that I have learned this method because maybe the student’s like myself that I teach this too will be better off in their future.