Alaska State Writing Consortium's Virtual Institute

For more than 25 years, the Alaska State Writing Consortium, a member of the National Writing Project, has worked to provide our member districts and teachers with the best possible professional development opportunities. This blog was created from professional discussions by the ASWC Virtual Institute'12.


Monday, March 5, 2012

Week Four-Five: Chapters Two-THE END

Trapper Creek Moon..ahhh
Note: I have left this as a place to finish all your posts on the text.
I am pleased with the level of discourse and processing on the text.  The reflections already posted have made me see aspects I had not considered.  Thanks to all of you for your involvement and writing about what  matters, writing.

Chapter 2-the end  of Because Writing Matters is your reading assignment. Big questions are raised in this section.  Do you agree with the premises presented in the book? Why or why not?  How can we increase writing time in our classes? Sarah and others have discussed how they are working more writing into their classes.  I believe a key is in Chapter Three. 

I am challenged by Bean's Engaging Ideas and his strategies for teaching critical thinking and inquiry. 

 Place your earnest reflections, thoughts, and evaluations here.  Because you are also working on the Virtual Classroom Tour, feel free to add only one analytical post and comment on two others more briefly.
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