Blog 11: Writing
The first chapter discussed making student writing relevant and relatable. First, the author emphasized the importance of metacognition, or having students practice being cognisant of their own thinking and ideas. The author also discussed the difference between having students simply revise grammar mistakes and actually revising ideas and concepts. Further, the idea of connecting writing to the writing that students are doing outside the classroom was emphasized. Finally, the author pointed out that it is necessary for students to have real audiences to read their writing in order to give students' writing relevancy. The second chapter discussed the idea of multiple texts. Multiple texts are referring to the practice of having students read and write texts of different forms about the same topic. One way to do this is through integration of different texts with similar themes. The author emphasized the importance of using close reading with...