Monday, November 30, 2009
In Chapter 8: Unlock the Door to Revision, Spandel shows the reader the steps for students to take while creating their final draft of a writing assignment. She focuses on each of the six traits, and how to introduce each trait to students. I found this clip to be one way in which we as future teachers can use this technique to engage students in helping them to look at writing from a new perspective. The Emerald Lagasee perspective of BAMM.
Questions to think about: Do you think this analogy of making a meal as to writing better is accurate? Why or why not? Would you use this in your classroom in the future? At what age do you think this would be appropriate? Do you think this role of the media is beneficial to young students?
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I think the idea of relating cooking to writing is awesome. I LOVE Emerald Lagasee and his BAMM moments and I think that is a wonderful way to explain to students how to make their writing interesting. Students know what good food is and what they like to eat so relating writing to food works perfectly. When cooking, the meal is not right until it has been added to and made perfect. The same thing goes for writing, it is not perfect until lots of detail and interesting facts have been added into the paper. I love how in this video the teacher shows a short clip and as the year goes on he tells the students to add BAMM to their writing. I think it can make writing fun for the students because they can be proud that they included some BAMM into their writing. I think this form of teaching could be introduced in 5th grade, I feel like that is a good age because I remember watching Emerald Lagasee at a young age and really becoming interested in cooking in 5th grade.
ReplyDeleteI think using the food analogy for the writing process is a great way for students to visualize what they are doing. I think that the BAMM phrase gives students a great way to know that excitement and interest is expected in a paper. I like how the teacher uses the term BAMM with his students and he knows what they are talking about. Having the kind of relationship with students where they are familiar with what is expected produces great student results. I also use a similar analogy when I am writing papers. However with an essay, I see the introduction and conclusion paragraph as two pieces of bread and the body paragraphs are the "meat" of the paper. The "meat" of the paper is how readers come to understand the ingredients of our "sandwich" or paper. Also, a sandwich is boring without ingredients other than the meat, so this is the BAMM factor that is similar to what is shown in this video. I LOVE this, and it makes me crave pasta too. :)
ReplyDeleteBAAM! This video is amazing, I think that using food in comparison to writing is a good analogy for students. A lot of the times we lose voice and word choice in our writing because we are missing the "BAAM" effect. As teachers we can show our students that writing can become a high class meal with the right ingredients. The more stuff you put into the writing, the more you are going to get out of it. Also, using BAAM in the classroom is a fun way for students to explore their imagination and creativity. Papers can be fun. Writing can be fun, if you let it. Using different approaches to writing can benefit not only the students but the teacher as well. This teacher is great!!! Even though he is sitting down in a restaurant talking about food. His tactics on writing make sense. Classrooms today need to find a new flare in writing instead of teaching to the test. If we can do this as educators, then we can push our students forward into success.
ReplyDeleteI thought this was a great video! I think comparing anything to food will grab the attention of kids. It would work great for all ages. Younger kids may not be as fimiliar with Emerald, but certainly the idea of BAM will wake them up and encourage them to write. There are also many other options, dealing with food, that teachers can use. I have heard of a pizza and and all its toppings. You have your thesis or topic of discussion which makes the crust and then all the supporting information which are the toppings and you back your final draft! Even making a little art project out of this idea would be fun and helpful for the kids to brainstorm ideas. I definitely would use BAM in my classroom. This teacher was very creative and I can picture him in his classroom using this idea. I can not think of a negative to trying to inspire writing using food. Writing is creative and so is cooking, so why not combine the two?
ReplyDeleteThis really left a lasting impression on me in class. I love the whole BAM! idea. It would really get students to think about their writing and if it were missing any of the ingredients to make a BAM! good paper. I think that rubrics would be good to use for papers like this, to come up with your class what kind of BAM! ingredients do we need to make a good BAM! good paper would be a great. I bet this really helps students understand and make their papers unique. Have to have that BAM! in your paper.
ReplyDeleteI think this analogy is perfect! You can definitely relate writing to cooking. There are many steps to writing and there are many steps to cooking. Both involve some kind of "recipie" in order to make it successful. There are little things you can add to your writing to make it better, and the same applies to cooking. There are so many similarities you can draw from the two!
ReplyDeleteUsing BAMM is a great way to put it. It is easy to understand because most people know what this means. If not, they could easily watch a clip of Emiril. What the teacher is saying make sense. I believe it can greatly help students with their writing.
I think this is a great video to show children to better understand revision and the process. BAMM is a great expression and it’s just simple. Students need simple. The analogy is perfect and dead on. Throughout this class, and Routman's book, writing is always talked about as a process. This video and style of revision correctly shows and demonstrated this process. I would love to use this in my classroom to help those students who don't understand.
ReplyDeleteI found this video to be very interesting. I feel that even though students won't know who Emeril Lagasse is ... they can still relate to it. I think that a for most children, they just need something to relate to when writing. A lot of children think about food when writing (I know I do) and having those steps available to them. The concept of BAM is great too because it forces the writer to read what they are writing and to add more detail to what they've missed.
ReplyDeleteI love using the concept of BAMM with students concerning their writing. I think it would be beneficial to students to show them a clip of Emeril Lagasse’s show when using the “BAMM” expression and see the context in which he uses it. Emeril uses the phrase “BAMM” when a dish needs some flavor and excitement. Students can add these things to their writing also. When their pieces need some flavor or details and excitement, BAMM and the students work will be better. By adding some details or more depth, students are developing their writing and deepening their writing skills. This relates to Routman’s idea that writing is a process. When students are constantly adding details and flavor to their writing, the BAMM, then they are constantly revising, which connects to the idea that writing is a process. It is important for students to see in their own work the revisions that can be made—the details that can be added. By doing this, they are preparing themselves to become excellent writers. They will be able to revise their own work and constantly improve upon it.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, I have to start out by saying I think it is really ironic that this man is sitting in a restaurant. Now that that's out of the way, I really do like his idea of comparing good writing to a good meal. Writing can be amazingly interesting if it has BAMM. Without some kind of BAMM, the writing has no voice and becomes mundane. The best writers are really able to make their writing shine. They find something that connects to the reader. Whether it be a great use of vibrant adjectives or an engaging introduction, good writing has something that brings the reader in. Similarly, a good meal has something in that just makes your mouth water. Whether it be the smell, the texture, the spices, or the presentation. Great food has BAMM. I think that this is a really great way to explain to students what good writing should be like.
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