1st Blog about 1st reading

I read the first two chapters in "Adolescent Literacy" and the first chapter in both "Content- Area Writing", and "Subject Matter". I have the same view of this material as the majority of the class, It was informative, but as introductory material it didn't reveal to much. I didn't like reading the percentages of the drop out rate. I did like the information about trying to diversify what our students our reading, and getting materials from different sources, as opposed to using the same textbooks. This information is relevant to our times especially since using materials that our students can connect to is a key part of their learning. The information in "Content -Area Writing" about students hating writing is also a sad reality, but as we talked about in class yesterday that also has more to do with the relevance of what students are writing for.