What I would focus on...
Teacher's comments
Teacher's preferences
Grammatical errors
Organization/Flow
Clear thesis
North:
Concept
How to develop strongest point
Break the ritual (change up their process of writing)
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I'm reading this post after I read your "Peer Tutoring Trial," and I think you could add to your North column -- that is, the list of ways you could support a writer as becoming a better writer. It seems as if in your exchange with Peter that although he was content with his paper ("final product") and you were overall content with his paper (even without completely understanding his content) that you did interrupt his ritual by working on word choice in terms of its expressiveness and by looking carefully at syntax in terms of clarity. Just reading a writer's paper aloud gives that writer a rare glimpse into how you interpret his work.
ReplyDeleteGood point. The manner in which we read others' work signals them about how we feel about it, perhaps interfering with our ability to support them.
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