I was impressed with the author's suggestion to "flood the room with useful wall charts," and especially ones that the students have created to help their peers.
If we are going to model good writing, the models should be easily accessible. Middle school students, especially, tend to forget what they learned yesterday. Having models around the room keep them immediate throughout the year.
The author points to patterns rather than rules. Children can recognize and appreciate patterns, while they often resent rules. Rather than focus on the negative (rules), focus on the positive (patterns). Let kids use their own examples.
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I started using more wall charts and found it to be so helpful to students ( and to me!). You are right on about patterns. Kids do understand patterns and that is so much better than rules. Christy
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