There were indeed many intriguing ideas in this ch that I found could be helpful in the classroom! For example:
One idea I liked a lot was the Group Essay! This basically entails a group of students to write an essay together, rather than seperately. I think a great way to approach this would be to utilize a poetry exercise I have used. Each student could take turns writing a line of the essay, then passing it on to the next student who writes the next sent, relating it to the previous one! This would get all the students working together and ensure that all do their part!
Another idea I liked from ch 7 is journal entries! I feel journals can be beneficial in a lot of ways like, teacher can assign group journals where each student writes an entry into their own journal, then exchanges them w/ a partner. Each stud. reads other stud.s response then writes in a reply, comment re: original response. This can be done again w/a third stud. etc.
Or, journals can be done the traditional way by one student. A true benefit to journal writing is that, like poetry (always w/ the poetry!) it is a more casual, personal exercise where kids might be more relaxed and secure and feel they can communicate ideas, personal feelings, concerns etc more freely. This allows the teacher to better see what is on their stud.s minds, and how to best respond to that knowledge. Conversely, it is also a great way for teachers to respond back to a stud. by writing comments in their journals. Also more effective sometimes than confronting a kid w/ words!
A lot of good ideas in this ch, and these were the ones I related to best!
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