EDU 270 Lesson 5 Participation Assignment

After watching the videos on Language and Reading, how does this information impact you as a teacher?

I am planning a career as a secondary teacher with a specialization in Language Arts and possibly other writing-intensive subject areas.  These chapters reinforced for me that for many students, reading and writing-intensive subjects are their worst nightmare. Sometimes students are just wired to be more analytical and don’t enjoy long writing projects. Other students misunderstand the writing process and think it is all about grammar and punctuation and get stressed out about that. And some students may have undiagnosed or inadequately addressed learning disabilities that are making writing torturous for them. After many years of writing and learning about writing, I am eager to share with my students all the many ways to tackle a writing assignment.  Even the most analytical, writing-phobic student may be surprised to learn that there are ways to tackle writing projects that appeal to their sensibilities.  And students who love writing but might find other subject like math/science challenging, it could be helpful for them to learn how to apply writing strategies to tackle these harder subjects (ie, using a math journal to write about and reinforce what they are learning in class is often the best way for right-brained students to absorb analytical information).  In the event that trying different approaches doesn’t help a student, I need to research and consider when a learning disability might be interfering with my student’s ability to learn and perform.