Literacy Matters
Reading and writing are so intertwined it is impossible to divorce the two. Both serve as important components in successful comprehension and communication of ideas and thoughts.
Students need to see that writers are not just those who write novels and plays but are also people who post on Facebook, send texts, use Instagram, keep organisational lists, take notes, write lyrics to songs, screenplays and blogs. They also write advertisements to sell items online and workout sets for the gym.
Showing students the wide-encompassing definition of a writer can help them see that they already possess many of the skills needed to complete academic-based writing skills.
Writing regularly assists students in generating new ideas and thinking, improves their critical thinking skills and helps them retain new content knowledge. Writing and reading in one's own context generates meaning and value to words.
Our words have power.
Words give our thoughts clarity and power.
