Name: Responding to Student Writers By Nancy Sommers
SKU: 9781457619342
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Responding to Student Writers Summary

Responding to Student Writers by Nancy Sommers

Offering a model for thinking about response as a dialogue between students and teachers, Responding to Student Writers is a brief instructor resource which gets you thinking about the benefits of responding to writers and their writing.

Contents Note to fellow teachers Introduction Why comments matter Considering a writer's development Seeing comments through students' eyes The call-and-response of commenting 1 Setting the scene for responding Offering one lesson at a time Understanding the purpose of comments The dangers of overcommenting Responding to rough versus final drafts Finding the right tone Developing a common language Creating a link between classroom and comments 2 Engaging students in a dialogue about their writing Establishing a role for students in the dialogue Revising with comments The Dear Reader letter Making the most of comments 3 Writing marginal comments Marginalia Less is sometimes more Developing a scale of concerns 4 Writing end comments End comments on early drafts End comments on final drafts Taking students seriously 5 Managing the paper load Focusing on student learning Varying the purpose of comments Varying the style of comments Mentoring students to become thoughtful readers Resisting the urge to correct grammar and punctuation errors Finding a role for grading rubrics 6 A case study: One reader reading Bibliography Responding to student writers: Best practices

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CIN1457619342VG

ISBN 13

9781457619342

ISBN 10

1457619342

Title

Responding to Student Writers by Nancy Sommers

Author

Nancy Sommers

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Macmillan Learning

Year published

20120801

Number of pages

64

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N/A

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This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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