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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 581397" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Come ON, you ______ teacher.</p><p>I can't tell you how often we've hit this.</p><p>He did not "elect" to not read this in front of the class.</p><p>Creative writing is HIGHLY personal, and for the non-neurotypical kid, practically guarantees a round of bullying thereafter. OUR kids </p><p>learn that well. No matter what the teacher thinks about the "goodness" of the rest of the kids in the class, difficult children have very good reasons for non-compliance.</p><p></p><p>We've had really <em>average</em> teachers who could at least think outside the box - including one I really didn't like: the kids were to write a story - totally fiction... and then, they would read them out to the rest of the class. Well... difficult child could write the story, but there was no way he could read it to the class, because... it WOULD result in bullying. He didn't bring it up that way, though - I had to dig. Caught the teacher in the hall, and teacher immediately got on my case about "getting" difficult child to read his story - and I was ready. Quickly explained that he isn't comfortable reading his own work out loud - what were the alternatives? And the teacher said... the point of reading their work out loud was to get comfortable presenting works of fiction to others... in other words, he could read some OTHER work of fiction (short story) to the class instead.</p><p></p><p>SPLIT the skills being taught.</p><p>Then find appropriate forums for each skill.</p><p>Essay writing needs to be accurate English, proper format - and should be required when the subject is neutral.</p><p>Journal writing and introspective work are a major challenge to start with, look for ways to slowly build skills but don't make it a "writing" assignment.</p><p>Knowledge-based testing (book reports, the 5Ws) can be any format that works - it doesn't require an essay or even formal sentences or even writing at all.</p><p>difficult child is required to prove skills in each subject area - but never all at the same time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 581397, member: 11791"] Come ON, you ______ teacher. I can't tell you how often we've hit this. He did not "elect" to not read this in front of the class. Creative writing is HIGHLY personal, and for the non-neurotypical kid, practically guarantees a round of bullying thereafter. OUR kids learn that well. No matter what the teacher thinks about the "goodness" of the rest of the kids in the class, difficult children have very good reasons for non-compliance. We've had really [I]average[/I] teachers who could at least think outside the box - including one I really didn't like: the kids were to write a story - totally fiction... and then, they would read them out to the rest of the class. Well... difficult child could write the story, but there was no way he could read it to the class, because... it WOULD result in bullying. He didn't bring it up that way, though - I had to dig. Caught the teacher in the hall, and teacher immediately got on my case about "getting" difficult child to read his story - and I was ready. Quickly explained that he isn't comfortable reading his own work out loud - what were the alternatives? And the teacher said... the point of reading their work out loud was to get comfortable presenting works of fiction to others... in other words, he could read some OTHER work of fiction (short story) to the class instead. SPLIT the skills being taught. Then find appropriate forums for each skill. Essay writing needs to be accurate English, proper format - and should be required when the subject is neutral. Journal writing and introspective work are a major challenge to start with, look for ways to slowly build skills but don't make it a "writing" assignment. Knowledge-based testing (book reports, the 5Ws) can be any format that works - it doesn't require an essay or even formal sentences or even writing at all. difficult child is required to prove skills in each subject area - but never all at the same time. [/QUOTE]
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