Chapter 13 BPR

I really like the idea of the tellingboard introduced by Linda Rief. She say it serves as a good motivator for students to write. However, I see it as being VERY effective in another way. When I grade students writing I often see that student's thoughts are very disorganized. Creating a tellingboard would/could serve as an outline to help students put their thoughts in some kind of order. I would not force all students to create a tellingboard, but I would certainly encourage students who respond well to pictures to use this as a prewriting tool. I know for myself this would not be very effective as I work better with a traditional outline.