I learned a lot from Carly's teaching demo. I am definitely trying this idea with my students. I may even modify it to work with literary terms/facts. I liked this demo because it incorporated the teaching of academic content standards in a fun way. I can't think of a single student who would not enjoy this type of lesson. I also thought of lots of other ways to use the activity.
I also liked the writing carousel. I've done something similar to this with poetry, but I really thought this would be an ideal activity to use at the beginning of the school year to get students accustomed to revision and peer editing. This is an activity I'm definitely going to try, especially with my new Brit. Lit class. Since many of their major assignments will involve writing, I see this as a great way to get them used to writing daily and really doing reflective writing. Too often I see my students doing very superficial writing when I ask them to respond to a peer's writing sample (good job, I think it's great, fix your spelling), but I rarely see any in-depth thinking and responding.
I enjoyed Jackie Glasgow's presentation. I wasn't aware there was such a wealth of books about Appalachia. Who ever is doing the research paper on how Appalachian culture affects writing, Jackie seems like she would be a great source for advice or guidance.
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Susan, you are so right about getting facile comments, and that the writing carousel can counter that.
I also enjoyed Jackie's presentation. I was surprised by the number of books as well. I think reading some of the books to the students would be beneficial just for the fact that it would allow them to see how they do have material to write about. They enjoy reading about things that are not familiar to them, so they could then understand how reading about their experiences that are not common to everyone might be interesting for others to read.
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