The presentation by Ally Renshaw, Autumn Kleinert, Matt Barton, Mallory Alves, and Tiffany Steinberg, Andrea Hernandez, and Sarah Lui about the book, Wondrous Words was great! I truly enjoyed the activity, too.
The presenters explained Katie Wood Ray’s theories in an interesting, but simple way. Specifically, I have internalized, “Conversations about the decisions writers make as they craft their texts will help you and your students to better understand what decisions you have to make as you write your own texts.” Usually, I only converse about decisions in life that are difficult to make. For example, I go to my advisors to help me choose what classes I need. However, I never thought of transferring that tactic to writing. I am glad to have seen this presentation, especially to learn about discussing the craft of a written work.
The activity that the group chose to simulate with us was my favorite out of the activities enacted throughout the assignment. (It was the one that each small group was assigned to a different picture on the screen and started a story about it. The story was continued by another student in the small group.) I will definitely use it in my future classroom.
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