The Importance of Using Professional Writing In Classrooms

I think that writing in classrooms can be a lot of fun but sometimes it can be hard to see when students will use that in the real world. I think it is important to spark creativity in writing as well but I think as a teacher its important to give students examples of where they will use writing in the real world.


It may be hard to think of professional writing situations but there are many that everyone has experienced. One example that the reading by Bush and Zuidema addresses is the idea of sub plans. We know the audience of sub plans is the teacher that is substituting but the students are also the audience because they will do experiencing or doing what was written in those sub plans. As teachers we need to make sure that those sub plans are clear so that the teacher will understand what they need to do with the students so that the time they are there is productive

There are of course many other examples of professional writing that after student's graduate from college will be using. In every profession that students are going into some type of writing will be required of them. As a teacher I think that it is important that we prepare students for these types of writing assignments that will be asked of them in the future. Teachers need to be aware of this type of professional writing especially since it will also be asked of them in their profession. We write directions, worksheets for students and we also write emails between colleague. It is everywhere we go. It can give students a purpose in their writing if they know its for an audience other than the teacher. Many students will want to know why we are doing an assignment and connecting these assignments to professional writing well show the relevance for them. I think students will be more engaged if they know its something that they need for their future. Also there is a great book for teachers that shows the different ways in which this professional writing could work in a classroom. It talks about using real world writing and doing that through mentoring and modeling.