Thank you for uploading that excerpt for the readings. I agree that it touches upon the quite poignant idea of employing writing activities to facilitate learning, as opposed to being a separate and isolated skill. In particular, I am struck by the message that writing is active, engaging thinking that enables students to process specific content (that which is being written about) while simultaneously forming personal connections with the subject matter or text being written about. I feel too often we, as (prospective) teachers, fall into this expectations trap of assigning writing tasks with the intention of students producing a specific type, style or piece of writing. Instead, this passage indicates that the writing itself is a end, not necessarily the finished product! While it seems so basic and obvious now as I reflect on this idea, I realize how easy it would be to forget the inherent educational benefits of the writing process...