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  1. Please include a detailed description of the text. Take into consideration that your colleagues might not be familiar with the text that you have chosen. A detailed description will include everything necessary for your classmates to gain an understanding of the text without reading it. Your job is to introduce the text in a complete way so that it is possible for others to decide when, where, and how this text might be appropriate
    • This text consists of Lesson Plans for teaching writing. These lesson plans are created by educators in secondary and post-secondary learning environments. These lesson plans are all deemed effective by the creators of the lesson plans themselves. There are seven sections: Writing Process, Portfolios, Literature, Research, Grammar, Writing on Demand, and Media. Each of these sections consists of lesson plans. Each lesson plan consists of Purpose of the activity, Necessary preparation, Required props and materials, process and procedure, instructional pointers, and reflections from the creators.
  2. Please explain why you chose this text. What was your rationale? How does your understanding of this text influence your thinking about your teaching.
    • I chose this text because I found it to be practical. I think this text can facilitate the teaching process for educators. The detail and explanation was also a deciding factor
  1. Please include some teaching ideas. How do you envision employing this text in a secondary English language arts classroom? Provide at least 3 specific ideas for what is possible with this text.
    • For teaching ideas I have selected three lessons from the text that I would implement in my classroom. 
    1. The first one consists of reading newspapers and magazines and writing responses to certain articles. This will help students write in a timed setting. 
    2. The second would be a rendition of musical chairs. Students will write off of a prompt and move to different desks depending when the music stops. The key of this idea is to have students use transitions every time they move to a new desk. 
    3. The last is a reflection paper that will be 1 page typed. The purpose of this is for students to reflect on their time in the English classroom. Not only that, but students will give me feedback being brutally honest.
  1. Please consider some challenges to using strategies from this text. What are the potential issues that may arise from using these strategies? Predict students’ responses. How will you address these challenges? Challenges include..
    1. The book is outdated
    2. The book focuses more on 11-12th grade.
    3. Worked for them, but maybe not for me.
  1. Anything else you think is important for us to know and understand about this text and its use with students.
    1. This book is a great tool for English Teachers. These lesson plans do not have to be used exactly as they are. There is plenty of modification that can be done with these lesson plans. 

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