[Teaching_Basic_Writing] New topic

Tue, 6 Mar 2007 09:56:42 -0600

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How do people work with the real language issues that students present in
their writing.      There is some research that suggests that when students
have a lot of grammar issues, they tend to get comments from teachers and
peers that focus on grammar issues, rather on the content in their writing.
The way I approach this in my classes is to usually have two drafts:  a
content draft and an editing draft.  I am interested in hearing about other
successful and not so successful strategies for working with editing and
language. 

Also, it seems like many people have had success with doing interview
research with elders.   I was interested to hear about some of your
successes with this kind of research.  We have also had some success with
topics like Human Rights and Race, Gender and Social class as focuses for
research that do more library research.  Any other topics or assignments
that really seem to resonate and get students into research and writing? 

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How do people work with the real language issues that
students present in their writing. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;There =
is some research that suggests
that when students have a lot of grammar issues, they tend to get =
comments from
teachers and peers that focus on grammar issues, rather on the content =
in their
writing. &nbsp;&nbsp;The way I approach this in my classes is to usually =
have two
drafts:&nbsp; a content draft and an editing draft. &nbsp;I am =
interested in hearing
about other successful and not so successful strategies for working with
editing and language. <o:p></o:p>

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Also, it seems like many people have had success with =
doing
interview research with elders.&nbsp;&nbsp; I was interested to hear =
about some of your
successes with this kind of research. &nbsp;We have also had some =
success with
topics like Human Rights and Race, Gender and Social class as focuses =
for research
that do more library research.&nbsp; Any other topics or assignments =
that really
seem to resonate and get students into research and writing? =
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