I think that this reading really speaks volumes because I can clearly remember being told very generic and unhelpful things by my teachers such as "Needs something more" or "don't understand." Responses like these do absolutely nothing for the students and I personally think can be detrimental to students self esteem and how they see themselves as writers. These types of comments may deter students from taking their writing to a new level.
Having said this, I'm eager to learn the best ways to motivate students about their writing and how to really express my concerns in their writing and positively push them further at the same time.
I liked the ideas in chapter 6 because I'm big into expressing myself artistically and I feel that students would be also. Art itself helps to stimulate students and if they take this positive stimulation and turn it into a literary work than that would be perfect. This is also a great way for students to express themselves in a more fun and exciting form of than just writing on a blank sheet of paper with a pencil which can get monotonous after a while.
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I also liked the ideas in chapter 6 for a lot of the same reasons you did. I also like to be able to use art as a way to express myself and the strategies in chapter 6 will be very useful in the future. I think using art to learn literacy and language is very helpful for students in the primary grades because it helps them make connections.
ReplyDeleteI agree, the specific craft ideas are helpful to children and gives them a "one-inch window" that focuses their attention on looking closely.
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