Class 3 Reflection

I really liked the exercises we did today about "Reading like a Writer" with the excerpts from "The Leaving Morning" and "The Relatives Came."  The fact that we had read these books before and were familiar with them made this activity easier than if we had never hear of the books before. I'm glad that we only analyzed small portions of the two books, because we were able to thoroughly analyze the texts. I liked how this assignment was fairly simple and I liked how it involved discussion and learning from each other. It is definitely  something I would do with my students, because it gets them involved in the story and it makes them think about why the author chose to write the story a certain way.

On another note, I'm glad that the book "Craft Lessons" isn't like other textbooks. Before today's class, I had not looked through the book, so I didn't know what to expect when we discussed it today. After learning about the purpose of the book, I really like that the book gives so many options and choices for lesson plans relating to teaching reading and writing. I also really like how the book gives specific examples of children's books that can be used with specific lessons. This a book that I can see myself keeping after this semester is over so that I can use it as a reference when I am teaching.