Chapter 7: Teaching Writing; From Practice to Performance -Writing is often difficult to teach since most students see it is a chore. -Beginning: Determine the mode of communication, establish a writing assignment such as essay, poem, dramatic monologue). -Visualizing: Gather information: quick writes, clustering, listing, outlining, graphic tools, talking, questioning, imagining, and reading. -Gathering: gather ideas to form the writing-reading a range of books, interviewing people, surveying the internet, talking to classmates. -Constructing: rereading the opening, reading the conclusion, narrowing or reaffirming the focus and revising/rewriting as necessary, and peer reviews -Finishing-when is finished really finished? Good reflection on how to know when you are done! -Keeping journals: |