Responding to Student Writing
28
Jan
Knowing how, when, how much is best when responding to student writers and their texts is difficult. This presentation covers some ideas and practice involved in responding.
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Using Writing to Learn
28
Jul
“Writing to Learn” is a phrase which has grown in meaning and application since its first usage. Toby Fulwiler and Art Young (“Introduction” to Language Connections: Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum) claim that using Writing to communicate–or what James Britton … Read More »
Scaffolding Writing Assignments
28
Jul
Wood, Bruner, and Ross developed the metaphor “scaffolding” of assignments to describe the assistance a teacher or peer gives supporting the learning of the student. The support is the “scaffolding” which allows the learner to do new things gradually. As competence and experience grows, the “scaffolding” is gradually removed. Building in assignments in smaller steps with feedback along the way will improve your students’ learning and writing.
Using Peer Response to Writing
28
Jul
Using a student’s peers to support the writing process not only increases student engagement and learning, it also relieves the teacher from being the sole source of the feedback loop. Many teachers report trying peer response in their classes with … Read More »