Bonny Mary Warne's Articles

I read Bonny's articles after hearing her speak. These articles were my favorite ones to read. They capture the struggle we have as educators to reform our teaching but teach to the test. I too have taught in areas where students needed to learn conventional English. I continued to read with interest as she thought about her teaching and used literature to teach grammar conventions. She also described how the students learned these conventions by using them in their writing. These conventions made them more confident writers and prepared them for the Idaho ISAT.

Bonny's second article is titled, "Writing Steps: A Recursive and Individual Experience." Again, the writing standard describing the steps in the process became the vocabulary that Bonny and her students shared. These steps did not remain linear as students wrote and revised in a variety of ways. The writing process focused on what the students wanted to say and then they edited at the very end. Bonny says in her article, "I have been their teacher, and they have been mine." We learn a lot from our students.