Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Nancie has quite a group of students...
I've read quite a bit from Nancie Atwell and it seems she has the smartest, most focused students ever. Sometimes I feel like she is promoting her way of teaching so much that she forgets to tell us how to handle students who down care. Some students are going to hate to read and write. Some will be little scientists in the making who could care less about writing a fiction piece. How do we deal with these kids when doing a reading and writing workshop? Anyway, I do like her 13 "Content Conference Guidelines." One thing I have wondered about was how to go about doing the student conferences and these guideline are very helpful.
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I'm going to have to agree with you Jared, for once. Her articles seem to be picture perfect examples and they always seem to have positive outcomes. I would like to hear about her having to deal with difficult students that want nothing to do with her and her silly English class.
Throughout my field experiences, I've seen those type of students and have witnessed their teachers having a hard time getting through to them. Some of those teachers have years of experience, what will it be like if I run in to one of those students my first year? Could get a little troublesome.
My answer would be to try and get on that students level. Be real with them. Let them know that you've been in their shoes and that there really is good intention behind what we're learning in class. Hopefully, that will work. That what tended to work best for me with my past teachers. It's nice to know that they are human and that they aren't just reading from a set curriculum.
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