I've been reading up on teaching and lately I've been meditating on this, narration, dictation, and copywork as prescribed by the classical education homeschool method. �(I don't plan to homeschool, but I always intend to work with my kids on their education.)
http://www.welltrainedmind.com/foru...lotte+mason+copywork+dictation+narrationThe second link is an online conversation from one instance between parents implementing the method outlined in the first link. �My reason for posting is to show you how some people are successfully separately teaching comprehension from written output.
http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=258983&highlight=NarrationThis is exactly why SWB, and other proponents of copywork and narration, suggest the parents write the narrations for their young kids. It divorces the mechanics of the process from the mental exercise of the process. If you read about SWB's philosophy, it's that for most young kids, trying to process the information, come up with something to say, AND pay attention to the mechanics of writing is too much.
Here's a creative list of narration project ideas.
