Free write

For my free write blog post I really wanted to talk about how much I enjoyed looking at everyone's different lesson plans on characterization. I feel I am slowly but surely starting to get a feel for how to really structure a class when it comes to creating lesson plans. I never realized how much time and effort it takes for teachers to really make sure they have their students attention. However, this particular module I really enjoyed looking up different lesson plans for characterization. Characterization I feel can be really fun when doing lessons with elementary school kids. When reading, kids are always looking out for their favorite characters. Characterization lets students reflect about why they like certain characters in the book. It gives them the ability to compare how they are similar to the characters they picked. It helps student's even realize a little bit more about themselves. I am really looking forward to creating our own module next!

Guiding Young Students' Response to Literature

I decided to read the article titles, "Guiding Young Students' Response to Literature", by Patricia Kelly. After reading this article, I noticed that I learned a lot different types of responses to literacy just by taking this EDU307 class. In the article, Kelly mentions how she likes to read books to her students that they enjoy so they can act out different scenes of the book. I noticed by the article that it is very important to keep the children interested in what they are reading. However, along with the author, I learned a different approach to children responding to literature. For example, Kelly learned when studying children's literacy, three issues that the students should look for when reading. "(a) what was noticed in the book, (b) how we felt about the book, and (c) how the book was related to 
our own experiences." I feel these steps can relate open a child's interest when discussing the book. When Kelly, tried this prompt on her third grade classroom, she was pleased to find the students reacted extremely well when reading their books. I enjoyed seeing the results of the teachers classroom when learning about different approaches to children's responses to literature. Kelly began to notice after taking part in the Bleich's prompt, the students were very open to their peers. The students shared their reflections about the story "Cinderella," and were commenting on each other's reflections, for example, one student responded to their peer with, "That's what I was going to say." As a future teacher I have no doubt that Kelly, felt accomplished and very excited that not only was her new approach working with responses to literature, but their students were very interested in the topic being discussed.