Reading Teacher wants students to pass test, love books

Mrs. Ramsey Homework

By: Austin Sewell

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/columnists/krista-ramsey/2014/03/15/krista-ramsey-third-grade-reading-guarantee/6475723/

Mrs. Ernsthausen, a teacher at a school in Ohio wants to have more kids not just reading at school, but reading at home and more often not just because you have to but because you like to read. She works hard teaching her 3rd graders to get ready for 4th grade, and she feels the OAA is a lot of pressure on the kids to have to pass one test to move on to the next grade.

The line in this piece that I think is a well written line is, “And as a third-grade teacher, I want them walking out the door ready – but I also want them walking out the door loving to read.” This line is a really good line because this teacher isn't just throwing her students to the next grade she wants them to work hard at it by reading a lot and enjoy reading different kinds of books. Syntax: This lines sentence length is 25 words so I would say it is a medium length sentence. Diction: Concrete diction that I found was when she said "door" this is concrete diction because you can see a door.

Some things I noticed about Ramsey's writing style are she isn't writing like a story ever she is writing about stuff that could be potential problems in our world. She always uses quotes from people she is writing about to get there opinion. She writes in short paragraphs for all of her pieces because of her quotes. Also she always uses dashes (-) in her writing. Some examples that I found in her writing that show these writing techniques are from the text, "For better vision, kids need time outdoors." The quote says, "sauntering to his car- continually hunched over his smart phone or iPad." Another quote I found that shows her writing style is from, "Super Bowl QB's score points for great style." The quote says, "something of an event- dinner at a nice restaurant." Another quote I found that shows her writing style is from the story I picked today. The quote is the one I said earlier, “And as a third-grade teacher, I want them walking out the door ready – but I also want them walking out the door loving to read.” All of these quotes show the writing style of Krista Ramsey.

One question I would ask Mrs. Ramsey is: Why do you write? I feel this is a simple question but I would really like to know why. Second question I would ask her would be: How did you become a writer? And the last question I would ask her would be: Before you begin writing something, where do you get most of our ideas from?