Blog #8

The strategy that I liked the most and could see myself using was journal prompts. This strategy appeals to me because I love creative writing and the idea of having my students keep a journal the WHOLE year. I don't want my students to get board with always having the same journal prompts as their peers. I want them to have options and something to connect with in the prompt. I think to differentiate journal prompts in the most useful way is to have different levels of prompts. Have open ended questions. Letting students pick their own prompts. Everyone is different which means everyone is going to have something different to say. Sometimes it may be appropriate to ask the same prompt of all the students but when doing that I will need to have different levels of grading the prompts going on. There are so many things that are great about journal prompts and I will be using them in my classroom.