C14 Building on student interests

In this evidence I demonstrate my responsiveness to student interests. I had a large group of boys who were very interested in sports. Through conversations with them I planned a writing engagement where they would script a weekly sports podcast.

http://www.literacyprogressions.tki.org.nz/The-Structure-of-the-Progressions/By-the-end-of-year-6

The boys were diverse in many ways but I particularly focused on their abilities as writers. I leveraged off the confident writers to scaffold the less confident and there were very good results. One boy in particular went from being unable to write independently to writing purposefully by himself and even offering ideas to his peers.

Below is the google document that I shared with the students for scripting their podcast.

Note the following:

• Shared document allowed for collaboration and anytime, anywhere access. 
• Co-constructed success criteria is visible
• Feedback is given via the comments
• Many students from the class contributed to the podcasts. 

Below is an episode of the podcast.





Comments from myself providing some feedback.

Students making suggestions to each other.