Data+Collected+from+Writing+Interest+Surveys

=Data Collected from Writing Interest Surveys=

//Renee's Reading Interest Survey // and funny stories that make everyone laugh || have to have nice writing to be a teacher || //Emma's Writing Interest Survey //
 * **Question ** || **Child A ** ||
 * How much do you like writing? || :| - indicates a neutral feeling toward writing ||
 * How well do you write? || :( - indicates not well ||
 * What do you like to write about? || Princess fairies and the Simpson Desert ||
 * What kinds of things would you like to write about? || Novels like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
 * Who has the best handwriting that you have seen? Why? || Mum – because she is a maths teacher and you
 * What do you do if you have trouble spelling a word? || Ask mum if I’m at home or the teacher if I’m at school ||

- Short novels - What I did on the weekend - About animals || - Myself - Mum & dad || - Nanna writes a lot - Josh loves to write stories || - At home - At nannas || - Nanna (diary) - Josh (fantasy, novels) || - To be neat - Because they like story telling || //Sarah's Writing Interest Survey //  //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sam's Writing Interest Survey // <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">My sister- she practices a lot because she went to university. That is why she is a good writer ||
 * Tell me about what you like to write about? || - Fantasy stories
 * Who do you write for? || - Teacher
 * Who do you know who is a good writer? (neat, can write good stories) || - Mum, dad, nanna, Zoe, Jesse, Phoebe & Josh
 * When do you like to write? || - During class
 * Who writes in your family? What do they like to write about? || - Mum, dad, zoe, Jesse, Phoebe & Josh (write for work and school)
 * Why do people write? || - Practice
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Writing Interview with Grace* ** ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Questions || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Answers ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Tell me about what you like to write about? || # <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. What I do on the weekends
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Made-up stories ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Who do you write with, and where? || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I write with my teacher, Miss Jayne. I do most of my writing at school. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Who do you know who is a good writer? Explain. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">My teacher- she always shows me how to write well.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">When do you like to write? Why? || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">At school and because it is fun! ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Who writes in your family? What do they like to write about? || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">My brother and My sister, they write about their work and do homework. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Why do people write? || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It is fun; it gives them something to do. ||

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Erin's Writing Interest Survey // <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sheridan's Writing Interest Survey //
 * < <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Question ** ||< <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Tom’s answer ** ||
 * < <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Can you write? ** ||< <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">“Yes, we learnt at school” ||
 * < <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Do you like to write? ** ||< <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">“I like to write a lot!” ||
 * < <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -36pt;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">When do you write? Do you only write at school? ** ||< <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">“Mostly I write at school because we have to answer questions and write in our diaries, but sometimes at home I write things too” ||
 * < <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Who do you know who is a good writer? Tell me why you think this? ** ||< <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">“My teacher is a good writer, I think it’s because she is old and has had lots of practice” ||
 * < <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Who in your family do you think is a good writer? ** ||< <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">“My mum is good because she writes me lots of notes and I can always understand them” ||
 * < <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">What sort of things do you like to write? ** ||< <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">“I like writing stories the best, they are my favourite and then I can read them to my brother” ||
 * < <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Why do people write? ** ||< <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">“To get lots of practice so they can write anything they want and to get neat writing and then you can get your pen licence. I practice all the time because I want to be really good at writing” ||

__Early Years Learner’s example:__



__Summary Questions:__

> (*letter and name change accordingly)
 * ** What letters do you like to write the most? ** || # S for Snake and Sam*!
 * 1) H for House and Happy ||
 * ** Who teaches you to write? **
 * Who in your family helps you write? ** || My Teacher at school and my mum shows me how to write sometimes. ||
 * ** Why do people write? ** || So they can talk to each other on paper, so we can do our work at school and we can write stories to read. ||
 * ** Who is a good writer you know and why? ** || My teacher at school is a really good writer but I don’t know many other people. Maybe my nan is. ||
 * ** When you can write stories, what will you write about? ** || I want to write about really fast, flying supermen and they’re going to do lots of different really strong things. I think my mum and my family will read my stories and maybe my teacher if it’s for school. ||
 * ** When do you learn your letters? ** || At school my teacher shows us how to write different sounds and what words they go with, then I come home and mum and I do some more writing. ||
 * ** What do you do when you don’t know how to write a letter? ** || I think about the word that it starts with and try remember but I ask mum sometimes. ||