Crafting Writers Chapters 4-5 Response

In Chapter 4 Hale talks about teaching students specific crafts for writing. I loved the idea of teaching kids to write with their senses, especially stories. By asking the students to incorporate what they saw, heard, tasted, smelled, and felt it will add a lot of detail to their writing, and giving them a deeper connection to the writing.

When I was young I was not a good writer, but I think if someone had asked me to write a story and simply describe what I heard, smelled, tasted, felt, or saw it would be a lot easier. It seems to me it would be a lot easier for students to write something based on their own experiences and senses.

I liked the different specific crafts for writing because I think it breaks down how students should be writing and makes it easier to understand, especially if you only go over one craft at a time. After awhile the students should be able to put all of the craft lessons together and write a very well done story.