Writing Process

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Poetics, Poetry, and Precision

-- MoodyComp1

CommonWritingErrors by TiffanyLowden

DescriptiveWritingExercise by TiffanyLowden

PassiveVoiceExercise by TiffanyLowden

Writing Assignment to Develop Voice

I had my students read an excerpt from Frederick Douglass’ Narrative. In this section, approximately the first four pages, Douglass mentions his aunt and one slave owner known for his cruelty, Mr. Plummer. For an in-class writing assignment, I had my students pretend to write from either Douglass’, his aunt’s or Mr. Plummer’s perspective. They had to incorporate as much detail as they could based on the descriptions they had read. I found that many of the students let go of their insecurities when they were pretending to be someone else. I chose to do this type of writing for that very reason. I think that sometimes the problems with their writing stem from insecurity with their own voice, so logically, if they borrow another person’s voice, I believe that eventually this new found security will transfer over to their own thoughts.---SusanSavageLee

Audience Assignment

GoalTo teach students the importance of audience and the difference between the various types of audience.

1. Imagine or recall a trip you took. Compose a travel diary of the places you visited (include descriptions, reactions, instances when you felt included/excluded by the native community, etc.). You can include drawings or pictures. How has the trip changed/reinforced your idea/perspective/preconceptions that you had of the location?

2. Now imagine you work for a travel magazine, and they had just paid for you to go on a trip. You are to write an article in which it is your job to convince the readership to visit that particular location. What would you choose to report/omit? How would your writing style change? Remember the audience that you are writing for and try to appeal to them.

- Lina Michalewicz

Connecting the Writing Process to other types of Process

GoalTo work with the boredom that often comes hand in hand with pre-writing or revising drafts.

1. Find any other process. From North Korea setting off the nuclear bomb test to the photosynthesis of plants. (Make sure you can guide your students through process)

2. Draw the circle chart on the board and fill in with appropriate titles. It breaks down the mundane aspects of process to prove that they, like other steps in every other process, are necessary. --TaylorjoyMitchell

Writing Assignment to Develop Voice

Audience Assignment

Connecting the Writing Process to other types of Process

Writing Error Scavenger Hunt -- CaitlinFahey

Finding a Fresh View for a Research Paper -- SuzanneDesmond --

Discovering the Do's and Dont's of Good Writing -- CaitlinFahey