Content Area Writing

In regards to the reading from the Content Area Writing book, I was intrigued mainly by one of the strategies. Being an English teacher, most of the strategies that were presented were familiar to me. The one that seemed new to me was the idea of the teacher-student journal. This idea is appealing to me because it is a strategy that works on different levels. It works to keep an open dialogue with your students, gives a voice to shy students, and gives the teacher an opportunity to individualize instruction.