I had the same problem with this reading that I have with most educational textbooks. Although I agree with with the majority of the ideas presented, I'm also kind of overwhelmed. This first chapter covered a lot of material which seems almost impossible to remember, let alone incorporate into the classroom. Texts like this that try to offer too much information at one time cause me question my ability to become a good teaher. I admit this is a bit of an extreme reaction to one chapter of one textbook but I worry about not being able to put all these ideas together to create an encouraging and effective teaching style.
However, despite the insecurities that arose from the text, I did really like some ideas. Specifically, the point that it is important to incorporate age appropriate literature to help student become more comfortable with their writing. It's obvious that students must develope an interest in literature to see the value of writing, but more importantly that the are exposed to literature geared toward them. It's unreasonable to expect a student to write like a classical author therefore it's unreasonable for classical works of literature to be the only reading students are exposed to. As a result students will start to see that writing is not a talent that only some possess; everyone can write in their own way.
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Elise- I agree I feel completely overwhelmed when reading text books such as this one. First of all they give tons of ideas which are hard to remember, and secondly it seemed to go in multiple directions some of the time. I think that when you do become a teacher it will come naturally to you what to do with your classroom... it is not so much remembering all the good ideas but coming up with lots of them on your own. Trust yourself and your abilities and I am sure you will do great! If you struggle with coming up with ideas you can always refer back to textbooks later on. I also agree that age appropriate literature is vital to the classroom. If the literature is too difficult students will not only lose interest but they will also become very frustrated with what they are attempting to read; not only will this frustrate them but it will definately take away the joy of reading.
I agree...You don't have to remember every point stated in the textbook. Those books are resource that you may resort to whenever you have problems, but not something supposed to make you overwhelmed and feel lost.
The most important thing of reading a book is not how much you can memorize from it, but how you may put those you've learned into practice.
Just reflect over what impressed you the most in the book and think how you may use it.
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