Week 7

This week in my field experience we got to observe a writer's workshop! This was a great experience for me because I wasn't really sure what a writer's workshop looks like. I'm sure I have done it some time in my educational past, but I can't really remember it so this experience was great! I loved watching the teacher teach the mini lesson. I also really liked how she gave the students good ideas to start their writing. She just didn't expect the students to just go write, but she gave them a little head start with ideas. I think that I will probably use the writer's workshop in my classroom someday! I think its really important that students get the chance to free write and read!

For class we had to have our rough draft done! I finally picked a topic for my paper. I picked Kendra Wilkinson. She has a very interesting story to tell and she is fun! I really enjoyed reading her book so I thought it would easy to write the paper. In class we also started on coming up with ideas for multigenre papers. My partner and I did a picture and caption for her topic of September 11th. I am pretty sure I am going to use the picture and caption for one of my genres. After all Kendra was a model!!