I believe the important thing to remember about this chapter is that there are many ways to confer with students. It doesn't HAVE to be so structured that you only meet with one or two students a day and inflexible to where students who really need to have a conference, they can't because it isn't his/her "day".
Some teachers have "triads" in their writing classroom. They put three students in a group to support one another throughout the writing process. The triads become a community. The teacher then confers with the community and supports the group as they write. This structure might work well for those who have tried peer editing and didn't have much success.
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Tamara, do you have example of the triads you can share with us: videos, written directions, or could you model one at our writing class?
Tamara,
I would love to see some examples of the triads you talked about. :)
I really like the idea of students helping each other more and the teacher teaching those helping skills and being a guide on the side.
I was so glad to see all the different ways that we can conference with a student. The triads you talked about would be beneficial to all involved and make them each a better writer!
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