So I think that the more I've understood the idea of the writing workshops the more I can see their value. I think that it's interesting how many articles or chapters we read talk so much about either reading or writing, but more don't really combine the two. I like it best when we read things that teach us how to make things work in the classroom, not just why it's important to do them. I feel like I've had so much theory, so I just want practical strategies. Like the last chapter we read in Making the Journey had a couple of great writing topics which I thought was really helpful. Instead of just telling us to use meaningful prompts (which it definitely covered as well......) it gave us some examples of tested prompts that worked. I guess I just feel really ready to have my own classroom and get to teach and try things and see how they go instead of always talking hypothetically. I guess this is kindof a scattered posting, but I just feel like a lot of the information I've kind of heard already... Of course, I could just be in the middle-of-the-semester slump! :)