Sure, use it against me!

I think it's all summed up by the "I do, We do, You do" philosophy. I know that's not in the chapter, but it's relatable since we all took the education block already. Dean is telling us to workshop with the students and show them how to develop strategies, apply them to their writing, and enjoy the writing process. We have to demonstrate how we think during a response to a prompt we've been given. How do we brainstorm, start writing, develop the paper, have tone, etc? We walk through all the processes with our students and help them feel comfortable enough to do it on their own. Everything we read in the Reading and Writing connection, as well as Dean, told us to help students become independent in reading and writing. We need to show them how, show them that it's possible to write and read well. Once we've shown them, then we help them along until they can walk by themselves. We need to push our students just enough that they delve into a higher level of thinking. Once we have them there we teach them how to explore and find the hidden treasures. The collage was a good idea, as well as reading other authors before writing. Dean mentions one student that was comfortable writing in a specific genre if he could see an example of it done first. All in all, we just need to believe in them and help them walk the process and find the strategies that are available to them and that work for them.