Final Thoughts on “Writing Without Boundaries”

I enjoyed reading this book because it had a lot of helpful tips in it and it was an easy read.  I was able to obtain some helpful ideas on different types of genres I could use for my Multi-genre project.  One thing that really seemed to stick out in my mind as I was finishing the book, was the amount of parent and community involvement.  I never really thought about involving the parents and community in my students work.  What a great idea.  This really seemed to motivate the students and give them confidence.  In the future I hope to be able to involve my parents in my students’ writing process as well.  I think my little 1st graders would love to have their parents, principal, friend, etc… come and hear them read a poem or view their writing.  This book also really made me wish I could have done one of these projects in high school and college instead of all the lovely research papers I had to do.  I am already learning so much about Penguins.  I am excited to see where this Multi-genre project will take me.  I am even more excited about sharing my thoughts and ideas and obtaining feedback from others.