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Improving the Quality of Student Writing
Author: Kathy Molloy
English and English Skills
Writing is an exploration.
You start from nothing and learn as you go.
-E. L. Doctorow
Introduction
Giving students clear guidelines for writing assignments
usually results in better student writing. The following are suggestions
for structuring writing assignments followed by models of guidelines
used for an argumentative essay, including an essay plan, student
evaluation form and revision plan.
Lesson Objectives
Lesson Goal
Provide faculty with a scaffolded writing assignment to illustrate
one method of enabling their students to produce better writing.
Learning Objectives
- demonstrate how to break down writing assignments
in order to make them more manageable for students
- provide faculty with a model writing assignment
that can be tailored to suit their course goals
- enable faculty to discourage plagiarism more
effectively
Discover
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