I had initially chosen Robin as the Writing Radar student, however he left at the end of Term 1.
Within the identified students for Te Whare Rama were Jeremy as a target student and Jaehee as a control student. I have decided to track both these students for my Inquiry.
Student Profiles PRE INTERVENTION
Jeremy
Jeremy is the student who prefers to go unnoticed in the classroom. He does not contribute to class discussions, he sits at the back of the mat area, possibly under a table or around a corner where he out of direct sight. He isnt misbehaving or side chatting, just prefers a place where he isnt noticed. He prefers to work on his own however will work in a group when placed in one by the teacher. When asked to find a buddy he will either keep out of sight so that he doesnt find one and then just waits out the buddy work, or will go with someone who chooses him.
His name is not on the conference request list and he waits for the teacher to call him to come and conference. He does so a little relucantly, reading his work in a very quiet voice and waiting to be prompted with a possible answer to any question asked. He will respond to feedback by fixing what he has been directly told to, however doesnt make any attempt to go beyond what has been suggested to him.
Jeremy writes in sentences that mostly make sense. He doesnt have an understanding of tenses, and often will use a pronoun without a noun first. He doesnt use a variety of sentence starter or conjunctions. His writing is mostly simple sentences, with some compound sentences, usually "and"as the conjunction.
In conversation with Jeremy he says that he has difficulty with ideas. He doesnt know what to write about and so writes just a little as he runs out of ideas. He says writing is okay but it osnt his favourite thing to do.
Jeremy was on the ELL programme last year and his report was a ELL.
Jaehee
Jaehee is a very social student who loves to sit with his friends and chat. He knows that there is a difference between a social conversation and a learning conversation but doesnt choose to make the difference known! He will only work with his friends - Seungwoo is his closest friend and Jaehee becomes very distracted from his work when sitting anywhere near Seungwoo.
When asked to find a buddy, Jaehee will always go to Seungwoo, Suhyeok, Robin or David. If he cant go with these students as they already have a buddy, he will ask to go in a group of 3 so that he can work with them. If he does go with another buddy, he will share hiw writing and ideas - however it has to be a boy - if with girl he doesnt share or particiapte very willingly in the buddy task. He seems shy when in a group or buddy situation when not with his friends.
Jaehee seems to write confidently and records his ideas as fluently as would be expected given the amount of distraction he has when sitting with his ftriends. When separated and asked to write on his own, Jaehee can record his idea in simple and compound sentences that make sense and show some extension with detail. He doesnt separate his ideas into paragraphs and often has stream of consciousness examples in his work. He can use different sentence starters and conjunctions when reminded to and uses some descriptive language. Joaehee doesnt know what tenses are or first / third person means although he shows both in his writing.
In conversation with Jaehee, he says that he likes writing and enjoys being able to write down his ideas. He doesnt like to write when sitting on his own, although he did admit that he gets more written when not with one of his friends. He can usually think of ideas to write about and like free writing and narrative the best when he can just write about anything he wants to.
Data from 2016 EOY Reports
Jeremy
Jaehee
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