What surprised me about the six language arts were the different ways of listening and how listening is not taught in schools because teachers assume that children already know how. Students may want to listen if it's aesthetic listening as compared to efferent listening. Another surprise was in the many types of reading; I like buddy reading the best, especially if it can involve students from separate grade levels.
I think viewing and visually representing should be on the list because the media is already a part of children's lives. For teachers to use film, internet, video, and computer games for learning, a child might see that they can learn while having fun at the same time. Some students are better learners if they can see a visual representation so these two categories are beneficial for teachers to include in their lessons.
For me, the first four language arts - reading, writing, talking, and listening were important in school. The one that stands out for me is writing and its stages. I was never good at prewriting and getting a draft started as I would constantly changed ideas throughout the process. I believe this to be true today but hope i can become a better pre writer. I do see the importance of viewing and visually representing as these concepts come up more in my college classes with projects. As I continue on with classes and my career, I believe that my views of the six language arts will change as I take on new roles career wise.
I really enjoyed Sahara Special so far and hope that if I get a child like her in my class that I can connect to her and make some difference in her life. I can relate to her in being misunderstood as I can close off myself and not let anyone in. Sahara has the confidence in herself to not care what others think and I envy her for that. I think her relationships with her mom, Peaches, and Jeremy will change and she will form a friendship with Jeremy.
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Hopefully through this course and our book writing project you will be able to view the writing process and your skills as a writer differently. It is nice to be able to relate to characters as you read...one of my favorite aspects of reading. Sahara is confident, but doesn't outwardly display that in terms of her writing. And one minor correction in character reference -- I think you meant Darryl instead of Jeremy. :)
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