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My first year teaching I was not confident in my own writing abilities. Therefore, how could I be confident in teaching writing to my students? I made a point to model writing in front of my students though because I knew modeling is a strong teaching strategy. Over the past couple of years after modeling writing for my students I feel more confident in my own writing. I recently read Chapter 3 in “Writing Essentials” by Regie Routman which states that students should see your struggles with writing.
You made the exact point I was trying to make in another blog response I wrote. If you are not confident with your writing, you will gain confidence by writing. I know this seems backwards, but it really works! Eleanor Roosevelt says, "Do one thing every day that scares you".
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