As I was reading through Noden's text, I must admit I was a little apprehensive about his ideas of imitating without plagiarizing. After reading and a lot of thinking, I believe that Noden's idea would be a great way to approach writing for students who do not like to write or have a hard time with coming up with creative ideas at the beginning of the writing process. My favorite approach that Noden discussed was the Pooh Perplex Approach. I really enjoyed reading the examples he put in the book such as "The Old Man and The Seal and The Old Man and The PC. "It creates a parody of a serious piece of writing." I think this would be a great (and creative) way to test students at the end of a novel. We (as future teachers) could give the students the option of taking a test on the novel or writing a short parody of the story (maybe 5 pages in length) and presenting it to the class. Personally, I would chose the story! :)
I really liked the strategies section of the text also. We already read about the Writer's Notebook, but I am pleased to see Noden also recognized this as a wonderful resource for students. I really liked his idea of painting from a family photograph. This could be an exercise to be used in class as a writing prompt for journal writing. Create your Own Edgar Allen Humpty is another awesome writing prompt for students. These could all be used in a creative writing course! (I am getting so many great ideas! Yay!) I am going to be bringing up some of these ideas next time I am in my 7th grade classroom.
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