Interview Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hUF8xw7Bx9cO2jIrsjXHjw1u-6NzH78C/view?usp=sharing

Interview Reflection: Below (After Transcript)

Interviewer:      Hi Jayden, thank you for doing this interview today. Alright so what grade are you in?

Participant:         Third Grade

Interviewer:      Thank you, Alright. So what types of writing do you do in your 3^rd grade classroom?

Participant:         Cursive

Interviewer:       Aright, you do cursive. What other types of writing?

Participant:         Hmm. Paragraphs

Interviewer:      And What do your paragraphs consist of?

Participant:       Things that are going on in the season or around me

Interviewer:      Ok, so things that are going on in the season or around you. Do you like doing paragraphs?

Participant:         Yes

Interviewer:      Okay,     could you maybe read one of your paragraphs for me. Pick your favorite paragraph.

Participant:         Okay

Interviewer:      You can start reading now

Participant:         Dead leaves. The leaves started to change the season. This very season is colder than spring. When the leaves hit the ground, they begin to look ugly. The trees start to lose their chlorophyll. Then the tree has no leaves.

Interviewer:      Thank you, I enjoyed that. Did you like writing that?

Participant:         Yes

Interviewer:      I see you did a picture with it to. What was your thought behind the picture?

Participant:         Hmm

Interviewer:      Because it looks really nice

Participant:         The seasonal types of leaves

Interviewer:      I like it.

Participant:         The seasonal types of leaves. The leaves changing colors and the trees losing their chlorophyll.

Interviewer:      I see that’s there’s a lot of meaning behind the picture. I like it. So, how have your past teachers helped you with writing? So, teachers you had before this one. Like, what kind of assignments did you do in your first and second grade class? Did those consist of paragraphs as well?

Participant:         No… Yea first grade did

Interviewer:      First grade?

Participant:         Yes.

Interviewer:      So, what did you do in second grade?

Participant:         Um.

Interviewer:      If you don’t remember is fine.

Participant:         We didn’t actually do anything. Like we didn’t do actually do any paragraphs

Interviewer:      Ok, so how can your… well how does your teacher now help you improve your writing? Have you every sat down with your teacher and done um teacher and student conferences. Where you talking about your writing?

Participant:         No.

Interviewer:      Okay, what are somethings you would like your teacher and future teachers to do when helping you improve your writing?

Participant:         Umm…. umm.

Interviewer:      What is something you would like to gain from writing? Like nothing else you want to learn?

Participant:         No.

Interviewer:      No?

Participant:         No.

Interviewer:      Do you have any suggestions as to writing assignments you would possible like to do in the future or are you fine with doing paragraphs?

Participant:         Yes

Interviewer:       Okay well, Thank you very much.

Reflection:
As I reflected on this interview one standard comes to mind. Writing is a tool for thinking. I think of this standard because of Jayden’s writing experience. For Jayden’s writing I can tell that he thinks and focus on his ideas that he wants to get across before writing them down. “The notion that writing is a medium for thought is important in several ways and suggests a number of important uses for writing: to solve problems, to identify issues, to construct questions, to reconsider something one had already figured out, to try out a half-baked idea”( National Council of Teachers of English). Its important for students to first generates ideas before jumping right into writing.

As a future teacher, I believe that writing is a powerful tool for thinking and understanding the process of writing. As a future teacher, I’m going to use narrative, journals, and written reflections to help my students better their thought and writing process. Jayden work sample stands as an example of this standard and why it is so important. Writing as a tool of thinking help students questioning and discovering new things. For example, Jayden discovers that trees start to lose their chlorophyll. Regardless of age, ability, or writing experience, writing can always be used as a tool for thinking an expression ideas.