I am doing tornadoes(weather) for second grade.
Narrative- I will write a story about tornadoes.
Expository- I will write a instructional manual on how to make your own tornado.
Persuasive-I will create a pamphlet on why every family should practice and know what to do in the event of a tornado.
Descriptive- I will do a poem about tornadoes.

Talking is the single most important way to communicate. People do it everyday whether it be talking on the phone, face to face or even sign language. This is how people communicate in everday society. Without talking I don't think we would be able to function as a whole, nobody would know what to do and the children wouldn't be able to learn what they need to because there is no communication.
Talking is very benifiacial in the classroom because it is a way to communicate something new to children. You have to talk to teach and the children can't just be quite all day so they have to be able to talk also. Talking is also very benificial in group assignments, the children are able to talk to one another and help each other out. For instance, if one child doesn't get exactly what is going on another person in the group could maybe explain it better in a way the child can understand.
Talk in the classroom for example could be asking the students, "What do you think about this?" or "What would you do in this situation?" Asking questions such as these one gives the children a chance to express their opinion and to gives them a chance to communicate with one another creating a discussion that could help them better understand the lesson. Asking open ended questions involves the students and allows them to talk with one another so they can express there own opinion and be able to communicate with other classmates and the teacher.

I believe this is chapter 7 blog

Listening to me is understanding what the person is telling you and comprehend what they are saying. The four types of listening are discriminative, aesthetic, efferent, and critical. I believe that we use these types of listening on a daily basis. In discriminative we basically pick or choose what we want to hear based on interest. I defiantly do this daily, because when my mom ask me to do something, I don't hear it, but if it pertains to shopping I hear it. Aesthetic is listening for enjoyment. I do this daily also, when i watch TV, I'm listening to what the people on TV are saying just for sheer enjoyment. Efferent, is listening to get information. I think we do this everyday because usually somebody you speak to throughout the day has something important to say, and it could be informative to you. Lastly is critical listening, this is listening carefully to instructions. We could use this daily while you are driving, but most of the time we use this type of listening at at school or in a work setting.
The most challenging part of this debate was actually listening to what the other people had to say and letting them actually finish before we jumped in and said what we had to. We do this daily when we talk to people, most of the time we aren't really listening to everything they are saying, we are just ready to say what we have to and get our opinion in. I believe I used all of them, because at times I was doing critical listening-where I had to be listening carefully to what they were saying. Then I was just listening for enjoyment(aesthetic), because I thought that it was funny how everyone was getting really into it. I did discriminative because some of the stuff wasn't that interesting. And efferent because some of the stuff both sides were saying was actually pretty informative.
The teacher talk I though was most important was positive encouragement and feedback. If you give positive encouragement it helps the children feel good about themselves and want to keep doing well.

RAFT Writing

Role:Bill in Congress
Audience: Congressperson
Format: Lecture
Topic: Why I need to be passed Strong Verb: Compromise
Some important things we need to discuss today are the importance of me. The reason I'm addressing this is because I am in no room for compromise, because I am here to make this economy better. I am what makes the world go around and without others like me the world wouldn't be where it is today. I am designed to help America and to make us better. I want there to be more school holidays, and I will not compromise at all. I believe there should be more holidays because people in America work really hard and need a break. Having me passed will create a lot of happier people, make time for family and defiantly will boost our economy, because people will want to go back to work. Pass me please I promise I won't compromise anything and guarantee complete satisfaction.
For the writing strategies, i believe that i unconsciously do some of them without even knowing such as playing with language. I think I just put that in the paper because it sounds good, I never knew it was called playing with language. Before I write a paper I try to find out as much as I know about what I am writing about so that I will have enough information to write it easily. I do an outline(short) just so that I can have something to follow just in case I get off topic. I try and make everything come together. I don't think I revise meaning, but if that means using the thesaurus to figure out other words to use, I defiantly do that. When I write a paper I do visualize how it will come out, but I also visualize how the reader is going to respond. I do summarize, and make connections and evaluate. I have just finished writing a paper for one of my other classes and I found myself using most of these writing strategies.