Blog #8

This blog is in response to Phyllis Whitin's article,  "Tech-to-Stretch": Expanding Possibilities for Literature Response, and this article gives the readers several different ways in which students can respond to reading. One of the suggestions given has students create a script in which they may continue a scene from the story or recreate a scene. The students then reenacted the scene for a camera. Whitin found that the students really enjoyed writing the scene and looked very closely at the characters in order to add to the original text. 

I think this type of work really allows all of the students to use their strengths to contribute to the group. Those who are good with technology can work on the filming and editing, while the dramatic students can focus on the writing of the script. All of the students become very important contributors to their group with helps everyone feel like they belong.