Our Class Blog
Come along as we explore Writing Pedagogies, historical to progressive. New posts arrive each week from late January through early May, 2023.
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Timed Teaching
This blog post discusses the standard expectations and outcomes writing teachers follow. Though, are they suitable for student growth?
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Am I an experienced writer?
Was everything I learned in all my years of school, a waste of time? Nancy Sommers concludes a study on student writers versus experienced writers.
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The Systematic Seperation of Me From Me
Education can no longer be perceived as a student processing facility. Both hooks and Sommers reflect a sense of writing and education as self-discovery.
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Take that L
Writing is all about taking Ls until they become Ws. Embrace messy drafts, revise relentlessly and turn failure into your best writing tool.
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Embracing Failure…Is It Ok To Fail?
Embracing failures and mistakes is what shapes the pathway for growth, experience, and development of revision skills for novice and experienced writers.
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Revision, The True Meaning…or is it?
Here you’ll find everyones thoughts on what it means to revise, along with some interesting insights from a case study by Nancy Sommers!
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