Reading Response #3

The readings this week seemed overwhelming to me. When your teaching you don't realize how many strategies you use because its more natural compared to when they list them all like the book did. It made me feel that I have used some of the strategies in the past when I was in school as well as using them with my students. I didn't realize how many strategies I had already known before this class.

I really liked reading about the writing strategies because it's one of the subjects that students can get really frustrated on. I love finding writing strategies that prove to students that if you use them the writing process WILL go smoother and less stressful.

For the last five years I have worked with students from all over the world. There have been moments where I have to trust other students to translate for me to practically playing charades to act out what the students should and shouldn't do. But no matter how stupid I feel I will never get over the moment where you can actually have a conversation with the students.