Reflection to Week 8

I'm glad that we got to evaluate ourselves and our writer's notebooks today. This activity opened my eyes to how I'm doing in this portion of the class.  I realized that most of my entries are narratives and stories about my daily life. I originally started writing like this in the notebook because that is what I'm used to doing when I keep a journal.  Sometimes I forget that our writer's notebooks are more than journals, they are notebooks. I need to work on coming up with more creative entries, such as poetry, lists, nonfiction, etc.

I really liked the activity we did today in class. I had a lot of fun painting pictures based on poetry. It was relaxing, and it also enabled me to read deeper into the poem.  I spent so much time at the painting table, that I only was able to go to one other table. It was a good activity, and it made me think about different activities I can do with my students.