One thing that I really have connected with in this reading is that students should be writing for enjoyment not always having to write for a summative assessment. I feel this strategy is most productive especially with free writing. An idea from another class that I have taken is letting the students pick the free write prompt every day and so it is something that interests them that they can easily connect with. I strongly believe that students will hate writing if they don’t first learn to love it and connect to it on some level. With the way the world is working with technology, I believe it is one of your biggest resources in the classroom if you have a way of accessing it. I love the idea of blog posting/discussion boarding with students because it helps get their ideas and perspectives out about the literature without having to be nervous about what to say. They can fully develop their thoughts and collaborate with other students so that the depth of the literature doesn’t stay at service level but guides them to deeper meanings with the help of their peer’s perspectives as well. I also enjoyed the aspect of how to evaluate using interpretive strategies because this is something I struggle with coming up with in regards to a rubric or how to explain and guide the students to the material they need to know. My favorite if the perspective taking because I think this really helps students put their own personality and views into their writing. Perceptions when it comes to characters can also tell you a lot about them rather than just naming things about them but really looking at the book through each of the characters eyes to gain a deep analysis of the character construction of the literature.
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