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Puget Sound Writing Project University of Washington. Teachers who write make the best teachers of writing. Teachers are the best teachers of teachers. Teachers who write make the best teachers of writing. Student write more when their teachers write, too. Low-stakes vs high stakes.
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Puget Sound Writing ProjectUniversity of Washington Teachers who write make the best teachers ofwriting. Teachers are the best teachers of teachers.
Low-stakes vs high stakes What are the characteristics of high-stakes writing? How about low stakes writing?
What is an essay, anyway? An analytical or interpretative literary composition usually dealing with its subject from a limited or personal point of view Something resembling a composition (photographic)
Why write? Well, you can put more things on paper then what you can say out loud. Even to a friend. I’ve said more things to a piece of paper than I would ever say to my friend. Eighth grade student The Journal Book
Clustering/ Webbing Related idea Related idea Related idea Another idea Starting idea Related idea Related idea Another idea
Writing to an Audience • Start small – have the audience be one person. • Dialogue Journals • Buddy Journals
Taxonomy • Classification, especially of plants and animals • An orderly way to concurrently collect and classify information
Use your senses I see I hear I smell I touch I taste
And don’t forget I think I feel I remember I know
Revising – WOWS and WONDERS Share work with a writers group or a partner: WOW -- I like, I think, I felt WONDER -- I wonder
Recursive Revision Revision means -- To see again.
Recursive Revision • Revision tricks -- let the piece rest while you rest -- check for “was, is, are, were, etc.” • Join, or create, a writers group • Write a one-sentence premise
Editing • Editing can mean looking for usage and punctuation errors. • Editing can mean reading it with your specific audience in mind. This can lead back to revision. • State the “premise” in one sentence • Read it aloud • Read it backwards.
Publicare – make it public • Anthology • Read around • Authors chair • Authors café • Send it to an agent or publciation • Other?