Chapter 2 The Essentials of Time and Space

A few things that stuck with me in this chapter and how they will impact my teaching are:

-"One day a week (of writing) will teach them (the students) to hate it." Having a predictable schedule every week, 3-5 times,the more the better, teaches the students that writing is important AND gives them the time to really understand more about the process that writing is. This past year it was really hard to schedule the writing block. It was in the afternoon and on certain weeks we had only 2 days to work while on the other weeks we had 4 days to work on it.
-"People need to be comfortable to do their best work" making writing areas in the room accessible to students will make the actual writing process more accessible to my students.
By going to the students instead of them coming to me others around them can also gain insight from what I tell the one I'm working with.
-"look at the walls" Posting things up on the walls where students can grab ideas of what to write on next, or what to do when their "done" will make it so they are more self-directed and you can have MORE time to conference with the students instead of putting out fires.
-'Be willing to change and make it work for THIS group of students" What worked last year may not work this year. The dynamics of my students and the area we inhabit 6 hours a day will need to fit what the needs of the current students are.