Interactive writing

Interactive writing is a method used in literacy teaching, especially for young children, whereby the students have the opportunity to practice their reading and writing skills in a safe and creative environment.

In this method the teacher(s) and students write to each other, by means of letters, dialogue journals or a message board. The students are free to choose the topic and the length of their writings. The teachers respond without correcting or criticising the spelling, grammar or writing style, but rather modelling more appropriate forms of writing.

The aim of this method is to allow children to see literacy as something meaningful and enjoyable, rather than a mind-numbing school activity. The focus is on fluency rather than accuracy. The principle behind it is 'write to learn, not learn to write'. As such it relates to the learner-centered whole language approach.

The interactive writing method has been described in books such as:

Peyton, Joy Kreeft (ed.) (1990) "Students and Teachers Writing Together: Perspectives on Journal Writing."

Robinson, A., L. Crawford & N. Hall (1990) "some day you will no all about me: Young Children's Explorations in the World of Letter Writing."

Literary: A complex form of serial publications that presents challenges to readers while offering options / variables for participants to reason through online polling with each option / variable selection having contingency that influences the serial conclusion.

This form of writing brings dialog into literature with authors communicating with readers through the publications and readers recipocating through Internet polling operations. This form of literary expression carries many dynamics never considered within literature.

This form of writing requires an author to reveal challenges while offering options / variables with each option / variable linked to a contingency that brings the work to conclusion. It requires an author to write a work having multiple endings with all including the author not knowing the ending until the audience decides the offered challenges through online polling.

Forms of polling: There are two forms of Internet polling existing within Interactive Writing - REFERENCE POLLING and IMPACT POLLING. REFERENCE POLLS: are polling operations that allows an author an idea of the thought processes of involved participants for consideration with a work's progression while having no impact on the serial conclusion. These polls serve to identify market dynamics with any specific work while allowing an author an idea the direction the audience may most likely advance the serial writing. IMPACT POLLING: are polling operations that have contingent outcomes for a work's conclusion. Reference polling operations may be released at any time given that such polls carry no impact for a work while Impact polling should conclude the series within the work's finale.

One may view the debut title for Interactive Writing by visiting www.govexposed.com serving as a member of a Grand Jury deciding laws, testimony, and documentary evidence.

Garry A. ClarkFifth Column Press"The Grand Jury" series:copyright 2005