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1.   Please include a detailed description of the text. Take into consideration that your colleagues might not be familiar with the text that you have chosen. A detailed description will include everything necessary for your classmates to gain an understanding of the text without reading it. Your job is to introduce the text in a complete way so that it is possible for others to decide when, where, and how this text might be appropriate.
This book is a great reference to go to when you have fears about something happening in your class, it gives great and detailed ideas for difficult situations that almost all teachers will face in more than just writing. It gives descriptions of the Author and her peers own experiences with these situations and tells us how to get through them while still letting the reader know that it’s not a perfect science it these things will always be hard but this is what we can do to help ourselves in the best way possible.

  2. Please explain why you chose this text. What was your rationale? How does your understanding of this text influence your thinking about your teaching?

I picked this book because when looking at the table of contents it opened my eyes and brought up a lot of questions I have about many of the situations mentioned in this book and it seemed like a relay good reference book for the future.
3.   Please include some teaching ideas. How do you envision employing this text in a secondary English language arts classroom? Provide at least 3 specific ideas for what is possible with this text.
Chapter 2: I don’t know what to teach this student he’s a much better writer than I am.
  • Strong writers need to be challenged
  • Don't let their good grades stop you from pushing them further
  • Always be looking for more things for your toolbox and re-invent your teaching for each student
  • Ask this writer hard questions Ex: What can be expanded? What can be cut? What themes are you addressing?
  • Give specific feedback with specific Vocabulary Ex: Instead of “Great job”, write “Nice use of vocabulary” This gives them more understanding of what they're doing well rather than always being just praised.

Chapter 4: I’m not sure how to work with students new to English
  • Don't let the language barrier be the main focus
  • Use gestures and pictures to help describe things.
  • Using color coding as a tool for the student 
  • Ex: Color coded file folders purple for writing, red for reading and more.  
  • Peer Workshops other students will help in ways you won't be able to.
Chapter 7: I never have enough time
  • Don’t cut out student writing time because time is limited. It's necessary for students writing growth.
  • Prioritize your lessons you can't go into detail about everything
  • Prioritizing will help keep focus on the most important points instead of them getting lost
  • Create a daily agenda for everyone to see, this helps the students and yourself stay on track.
4.   Please consider some challenges to using strategies from this text. What are the potential issues that may arise from using these strategies? Predict students’ responses. How will you address these challenges?
The Challenge with this book is that it’s not going to make these issues go away it is just meant as a tool to help guide you through them so even though it will help we have to acknowledge that as a teacher we have to continue to research and try new things we can’t just continue to do the same stuff for all students and expect them to all do well.


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