My Thoughts on Teaching of Writing

Throughout the articles that i have been reading for Wiki about the teaching of writing, many thoughts about teaching have been generating in my head. One of my main concerns that i have been thinking about is how am i gong to stand out as a good teacher and make my students interested in writing and learning? Through the articles i have learned that there are many concepts to make me a better teacher in this area, and that much of the stress i feel is necessary. In one of the articles i read it says that it doesn't matter what methods you are using, it all relies on the teacher to push the students to be the best they can be. Ways to push them are to make it interesting to them. Allow them to choose topics to write about and give them inventive ways to express themselves that follow the times so the themes are parallel and realtive to the students lives. Allowing them to use knowledge that they had previous to my class from the outside world (ie the media), is key to getting their interest and making them feel comfortable to extend their boundaries of writing. I have to choose my criticism wisely so it does not make them lose their ability to take risks in writing, but still give them good feedback so they learn how to correct themselves. I have realized through these articles that having an audience is key, and letting the students know who that audience is so they can write accordingly. There ae many things i have to consider in teaching writing and i hope i exceed my own standards.