Today was a fairly routine day in the world of writing. My first period English 12 class spent their last day in the lab writing their pro/con essays, while my other English 12 classes spent their class time doing peer revisions. I don't think many of them really take peer revision as a serious enough process. They do it, and they go through the motions, but I do not believe they see the value in it. I'm not sure I did at their age, and I probably didn't in college either. I need to figure out how to make them value this part of writing. There a couple mandates I could have for them that would make them actually take more time doing this, but getting them to value it is a completely different animal.
For my Read 180 lab class, we starting diving into doing writing workshop. I am using Nancie Atwell's Lessons that Change Writers as my curriculum and guide. I think this is a fantastic book, and I'm hoping it makes my struggling readers and writers become more accomplished. For this class, I introduced writing territories and we brainstormed as a class and as individuals what our own personal writing territories will be.
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