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Craft Lessons   part 2 – p. 79-92

            In this section Craft Lessons gives many different ideas that students could develop their craft.  Some of ideas included finding a focus, deciding where to begin, writing the no-time narrative, cutting what you don’t need, selecting the right lead, using imagery, varying length of sentences, the recurring line, writing low on the food chain, naming place or character, describing character,   and using interior monologue.

            This section is full of ideas for me to use in the classroom for developing the students’ writing.  The ideas were well explained and helpful.  I will have to implement them into our writing.

Craft Lessons page 1-13

     The writing process could be visualized by conceiving, crafting, and correcting.  Teachers tend to spend the most time with their students in the conceiving and correcting stages.  However, crafting is probably the most difficult for students.  Crafting requires writers to make a lot of decisions on their own.  Writers also need time to write everyday to improve their skills.  Writers need a response to their writings.  Writers need to feel responsibility in their writings.  Writers need a variety of literature to read in order to be a good writer. 

        As a teacher, I am interested in what the book has to say about how to develop better crafting skills.  I do agree that the crafting is probably the most difficult part of the writing process.  I also do think students need the time to develop their writing skills.