Motivation for writing

Here is the link to the video animation about Usain Bolt that I was talking about this morning. There are teaching ideas under the video clips or you could simple relate it to the idea of 'dreams'.

Response writing to the post on 'determination'

Relentless effort, day after day after day. Rain, shine, tired, sore. Striving towards each goal, setting another, relentlessly onwards. Planning. Aching. Yearning. Knowing defeat, taking those feelings down deep inside where it will burn; fuelling the fire, the passion. Determination; onwards, higher, faster, stronger. Honing those skills; measuring success in millimetres, each gained through sweat, pain, tears and planning. Being a living definition of inner fortitude; striving ever on; four years of plans, goals, early mornings and early nights.

Here it is, the moment. Four years, here we are. Let’s go! It’s all come together, the focus comes down to now. Shut out the crowd, replay the plan through my head. I’m ready, I’m the best I can be. Time to bring it home. Determination!

Leon 

A discussion from the VLN forum about raising achievement for Maori boys

For those of you who are interested in this topic, have a read of some of the ideas that teachers are coming up with to address this issue. Has a link to the writing for boys inquiry that I have already included in a previous post.

http://www.vln.school.nz/discussion/view/860818

Raising writing achievement for Maori boys

Read this blog of a NZ teacher who is inqiuring into the use of e-learning to help raise the achievement of Maori boys in the conytext of writing. She has been using the iPad app Tellagami extensively for motivation and engagement.

http://writingboys.blogspot.co.nz/