Writing About Writing

What a question... I AM going to be a teacher.. very very soon. But how can you really predict what your classroom is going to work like? A person can go into with a perfect foolproof plan, but in the end, it gets destroyed by millions of little things that can easily be overlooked. How does one really prepare for that? I know what I want it to work like, but I highly doubt that that's how it's going to actually go.

I'd love a class where students just can't get enough of what they are reading. I want a class where I can motivate students to keep going, to delve deeper into the ideas of the text. I'd love a class that comes to me with ideas, a class that raises their hand when they think something could make sense in a certain context. But how do you do that? Can you really reach every single student? I want to motivate my students. I want them to love what we're doing. And if they don't love it, I want them to atleast enjoy coming into my classroom. It would be nice to atleast open their eyes to some of the different contexts.

I think one of the flaws in my learning was not being able to connect to my reading. I want to atleast see students understanding what's occuring. To believe that the text could relate to them, or atleast some idea they hold. I want it to connect to everyday life by bringing in technology, or modern day occurances. Why not? Why isn't reading like that now? It's how it should be. Things are not written simply to be written, they are there to make a person thing, to connect, and to entertain. I want my students to be entertained. I want them to relate. Discussion will be encouraged. And so will projects.

I think with reading comes writing, and writing gets monotonous if it's the same concept over and over. What do you think? What were some main concepts? What was your favorite part? Those are all great ideas for a journal, but really, you can give them an assignment to write a paper on that. It's going to be a dull paper that has very little content. I liked the idea of podcasts because it's outside the box. Students can enjoy putting it together. Or script writing and acting. Or even making a movie. Learning can be fun, not just monotonous.