Re: if you only had 75 minutes

[WILL HOCHMAN <hochman@uscolo.edu>]

Nick, that "chance" is something I don't leave to fate...I like to assign
"metawriting" with most of my assignments...in essence, I ask my students
to "tell the story" of writing the essay.  This helps students see their
own processes more quickly (we practice process but we can also show
writers to become more aware of their individual process needs) and it
helps me respond more intelligently...10-15 minutes of metawriting can
cut through a lot of crap--i recommend it! will

On Sun, 2 Nov 1997, Nick Carbone wrote:

> 
> Ever get the chance to look at a student's journal entry on a topic and
> then her paper?  Sometimes it's like two different people.  Students see
> it too. You'll tell them that what's in the journal sounds so much better
> and ask why they didn't say it that way in the paper.  The most common
> anser I get is a variant of 'I didn't think I was allowed to or that I
> should.'  Pretty much the same reasons Sanders and Eldred gave for taking
> so long to write personal essays.  
> 
> 
> Nick Carbone, Writing Instructor
> Marlboro College
> Marlboro, VT 05344
> nickc@marlboro.edu, but coming to you via nickc@english.umass.edu
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