Jeanna's response to Chapter 11

Jeanna Rowell Response to Chapter 11
This chapter talks about teachers who are not preparing students for college level writing, and how teachers are still staying with the 5 paragraph format for writing essays. I think in order for teachers to began teaching with a broader range of writing strategies, the teachers will need to have an understanding of the benefits of Conley's strategies for writing, especially using the internet, and strategies of that kind. I think many times teachers do not deviate from the traditional format because they do not believe it will benefit students with the MCT and the ACT.
After reading chapter 11 it is clear to me that if teachers would use some of the strategies that Conley suggest, they would quickly find these methods would help students score higher on standardized testing. The strategies are very practical and interesting for the student to use. The text discussed authentic writing; however, many times when student’s are forced to write on a topic they have little or no knowledge about, or do not like, the student’s are not going to produce a paper that is of any substance. That is why I agree with Conley’s ideas on authentic writing. I really enjoyed this reading because it has so many ideas on how to get students to write. I will save this text so I can refer back to chapter 11 when I want to think of strategies that will help my students.