Drawing to improve writing

Type :

Term papers

Pages :

5 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

04/23/2009

Category :

Social studies

Sub category :

Educational studies

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Summary :

Introduction
The progression series of drawing scribbles to the formation of letters and words
Advantages of drawing when incorporated into a writing activity
The views of Sidelnick and Svoboda
The use of illustrations for teachers
Conclusion
Works cited

Abstract

Every child has a unique ability to express themselves from the early age of scribbling to the sophisticated work of a college graduate. In most cases, it is our natural instinct to draw; therefore children need to implement drawing into their coursework to be successful in their writing. There is a large time of growth and development throughout those years, and there is a process in which we go from the scribbles to the one hundred page thesis paper. But, how do we get to that stage? How do we improve and turn what we feel is non-sense into written words on a page? "writing is a difficult and demanding task that many children find difficult to master. This observation is supported by data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (Persky, Daane, & Jin, 2003). Three out of every four 4th-, 8th-, and 12th-grade students achieve only partial mastery of the writing skills and knowledge they need at their respective grade levels" (Lienemann, Graham, Leader-Janssen, and Reid). Because of disparity of writers, we need to find ways to help the ever evolving process to writing. drawing can be used as a launching pad for the improvement of children's writing to enhance communication, organization, inspiration for ideas, and the aid of special needs students.