Jago Chapter 5

Even though book is about cohesive writing, I am loving the fact that she mention that students need feel comfortable with just writing without the fear of the "grammar police" ready to tear them to bits. This small sentence really caught my attention, because I know by the time students get to the 9th and 10th grade levels, some of them either hate writing because they feel they aren't capable of doing, every paper they have writen has been torn apart, or they know how to write, but just getting that start is very hard for them, so sometimes they don't have enough time or the teacher does not make enough time to get an effective paper out of them. To be able to write without judgment or fear, I want that for my kids. I want to provide this idea of letting kids write about their feelings, responding to literature and just being able to let it all out like Jago has mentioned, with out the fear of the "grammar police." I love the fact that Christensen and Jago mention this in their books. I think that it is important for students to be able to write whats on their heart, because if its important to them I think a persons writing is writen so much more effectively.

I also like Jago five-day writing plan. I can see myself incorporating this into my classroom, with a few modifications. Like Jago, I support peer editing or peers "reponding" to their other classmates papers. I think this is very effective, because I beleive that a student is more willing to hear reponses from their peers than their teacher, they are less defensive and take critiquing easier. I think it also help the student responding to the paper, to try and think of ideas of what they could do more effectively to help out their paper as it is getting read and responded to. I just like the whole idea of this five-day writing, its schedule, it makes time for students for them to at least have something finish towards the end and it build confidence in students writing, themselves and lets students know that we care to help them.