I saw a few students talking to each other for more than a few minutes rather than focusing on the writing activity. By the time the activity was over, there was only one student that did not start their draft, so he was not able to participate in book interview activity afterwards. I believe the reason why some of the students were not engaged was either because it was timed or the topic they had to write about was not interesting to them because they do not know what to write about. The teacher did not help the student on his writing prompt. However, she kept reminding him that he needed to finish his draft, otherwise he will not be able to participate in other reading
I saw a few students talking to each other for more than a few minutes rather than focusing on the writing activity. By the time the activity was over, there was only one student that did not start their draft, so he was not able to participate in book interview activity afterwards. I believe the reason why some of the students were not engaged was either because it was timed or the topic they had to write about was not interesting to them because they do not know what to write about. The teacher did not help the student on his writing prompt. However, she kept reminding him that he needed to finish his draft, otherwise he will not be able to participate in other reading