Question: What are the
basics in writing?
Answer/Quote: “Yet teachers
need to remind themselves that analyzing and explaining the components of
successful writing are no substitute for helping students discover a reason to
write, nor for acknowledging what motivates their uses of and attitudes toward
written language.” P. 260.
Comment: Purpose. In giving students assignments,
it’s easy to forget why students should want to complete the assignment, other
than to earn a grade. Helping students to find purposes other than grades is
not easy. I write this blog because I want to share ideas with other English
teachers. I think professional journals in teaching English have interesting
and helpful ideas for solving problems in teaching. Why should students want to
complete your assignments? That’s another way of saying, how can you make your
writing assignments “authentic.” RayS.
Title: “Individual
Goals and Academic Literacy: Integrating Authenticity and Explicitness.” Sarah
W. Beck. English Education (April 2009), 259-280.
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