Kamealoha’s Reflection

Reading Radical Reflections by Mem Fox was a lot of fun. She had so much information to share that I have never really thought about before. First of all on our first day of instruction when we were asked do we like to write? I said yes if it is something that I am interested in. This is partially what Mem was saying in her book. We need to make sure that when we are having children write that they at least like what they are writing about. I think that it is hard for children to just start writing on something that has no meaning to them.
I also think that it is important to think about why we write. If we are writing just to write then there is not as much meaning to it and it will not be as well written then if we had a purpose. I remember that I wrote a poem for my mom for mother’s day and I spent a lot of time on it and really got in to it. When I was done I was so excited to show it to her and watch how she reacted to her poem. I think that children need some kind of motivation and purpose to write. We can do this by giving them an audience that they care about to write for.
I think another great point that Mem mentioned was that we write to get a response. I think that feedback is important. I like to write to either get a letter grade as feed back or if it is just writing a letter to a friend and waiting for a response. I think that you can help children by giving them feedback and also by posting there works. I remember as a child I would love to have my work posted up where everyone could see it. This book was really informative. I think that this is going to be a great tool to use as a future teacher. I think that I will be able to look back to it and be able to use it as a reference.