Again, where does Lane come up with his labels for revision? It is the action of the revision strategy that students engage in that holds onto their attention to go on this journey of 'revision'. Exploding the moment, another great tool, used to trigger students' minds for details in their writing. The whole process of understanding revision is an adventure, and I am confident that students will agree.
In these chapters, Lane's use of graphic organizers along with other ingenious ways of bringing the characters in stories to life help find form in a student's writing and reading. For example, cavewriting allows the students to draw pictures to symbolize emotions, thoughts, or questions; powerful use of multiple intelligence to draw more detail of their own thoughts on paper. And there is the use of fictional points of view; I gravitated to this strategy of writing from the third person point of view much easier than first person writing. Anxious to see my students' positive reactions to this mode of writing.
The whole idea, according to Lane, is that writing can be a struggle but also can be fun. And stories don't have to end says Lane. Creatively and genuinely, Lane has dedicated his book to help teachers discover for themselves how to guide students to enjoy writing and to encourage students to experiment in the area of their choice. I thank you Barry Lane for helping me with the tools to build my classroom's house of writing.
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