Comments on: How to be the best mentor ever! https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/05/how-to-be-the-best-mentor-ever/ A Blog On Writing Thu, 19 Dec 2024 07:10:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: 🖋 Writing Links Round Up 7/24 – B. Shaun Smith https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/05/how-to-be-the-best-mentor-ever/#comment-159625 Mon, 24 Jul 2023 19:33:34 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=47826#comment-159625 […] How to be the best mentor ever! […]

]]> By: Kris Maze https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/05/how-to-be-the-best-mentor-ever/#comment-158859 Tue, 23 May 2023 20:40:17 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=47826#comment-158859 In reply to Denise.

@Denise,
That is the best kind of mentoring! 🙂

]]> By: Denise https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/05/how-to-be-the-best-mentor-ever/#comment-158854 Tue, 23 May 2023 03:49:30 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=47826#comment-158854 I'm the mom of a teen.

]]> By: Ellen Buikema https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/05/how-to-be-the-best-mentor-ever/#comment-158848 Mon, 22 May 2023 20:01:25 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=47826#comment-158848 In reply to Kris Maze.

Yes! The years I taught in Mission Viejo were the best of my teaching career.
A lot of the students were afraid of writing when we began working together. We did our best to make it non-stressful and fun.
The cookbook they wrote was awesome. As was the group book, written about a fairy librarian. There's so many wonderful things one can do when given autonomy as a teacher.

]]> By: Kris Maze https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/05/how-to-be-the-best-mentor-ever/#comment-158845 Mon, 22 May 2023 18:47:30 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=47826#comment-158845 In reply to Ellen Buikema.

These are great suggestions, Ellen.
I agree about chunking and making their project into smaller, less overwhelming pieces.
It sounds like you had a rewarding experience working with these young writers. 🙂
Kris

]]> By: Ellen Buikema https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/05/how-to-be-the-best-mentor-ever/#comment-158842 Mon, 22 May 2023 15:03:04 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=47826#comment-158842 Hi Kris!
I was once a Resource Specialist Program teacher. I worked with K - 6th grade students for math, reading, and writing. This is very much a mentee/mentor situation.

Taking time to process is a big deal. So is looking at a project in chunks instead of having the mind try to grapple with a large project, which a story can become. It can be overwhelming.

What worked for my students was using basic questions and answering them. Who? What? Where? When? Why? How? Then divide into parts, beginning, middle, end.

Listen, ask questions, and as you say, keep the focus on the mentee. This will help with mutual respect, which makes for a fantastic working relationship.

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