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COMPOSITION REVISION:. Written in Stone or Cultivating a Critical Eye. Pedagogical Strategies. Multiple Drafts Computer Classrooms Portfolios Peer Evaluation Drafting Workshops Personal Conferences And so forth. Other Techniques. Humor Wikis Hot Spotting
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COMPOSITION REVISION: Written in Stone or Cultivating a Critical Eye
Pedagogical Strategies • Multiple Drafts • Computer Classrooms • Portfolios • Peer Evaluation • Drafting Workshops • Personal Conferences • And so forth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other Techniques • Humor • Wikis • Hot Spotting • Reading, Recording, Listening • Film • Music
Revision means to “see again” These techniques provide students with vivid reminders that effective writing requires rewriting.
“Shitty First Drafts” • Anne Lamott’s Essay from Bird by Bird (1994) • Importance of Drafting • Lab Assignment • Literacy Narrative • http://wrd.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/1-Shitty%20First%20Drafts.pdf
STUDENT “BLOOPERS” • Richard Lederer Anguished English (1989) • Socrates died from an overdose of wedlock • Moses went up on Mount Cyanide • Shakespeare was born in the year 1564, supposedly on his birthday • David was a Hebrew king skilled at playing the liar.
My Student “Bloopers” • Michelangelo painted the chapel on his back • An admiral reputation would attract more students • Obsoltete equipment can obscure evidence of any hazardous growth (mammogram research) • The Greeks could be classified as one of the world’s first raciest civilizations • I have received jesters of affection • He had a legion on his forehead
“Bloopers” • Fulfillment and goals constipate the ultimate longing on the path ahead • It was a defecate possibility • When the Constitution was written, our four fathers gave us the unrestricted right to keep and bare arms • Complexitisies
“Bloopers” • Peer torturing consultations with the professor • It is misfortunate to say that many Americans are illiterate • It was udder craziness!