The document discusses the writing process and contains many words related to researching, revising, reflecting on, and improving writing such as recursive, rehearse, revision, rethink, rewrite, respond, reflect, and relationships. It outlines the steps in the writing process from pre-writing and rehearsal to drafting, conferencing, revising, editing, and publishing. Standardized writing tests are criticized for not adequately assessing students' purposes, self-image, ability to conduct research, or how their writing fits into communities.
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David Foster
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DiVinci Frida Kahlo Keith Haring Nick Cave
Kerouac Orwell Proust Melville Thoreau Twain
Benjamin Franklin Beethoven Darwin Cobain Hemingway Jefferson
rehearsal
nulla dies sine linea
never a day without a line Donald Murray
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UTPA Rhetoric and Composition ENG 1302
10. Expression Rhetoric
conferencing
What did you learn from this
piece of writing?
What do you intend to do with
the next draft?
What surprised you in the
draft?
What do you like best in the
piece of writing?
What questions do you have of
me?
What do the readers think of the
poem?
How does it make them feel?
What are they unclear about?
Recite!
PROCESS
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REFLECT
12. assessment evaluates
meeting learning goals
Standardized testing of Writing typically does not assess:
1. Childs purposes for reading and writing
2. Childs self-image as a writer
3. How their writing reaches audiences.
4. Whether they do research uncovering new knowledge,
reorganizing knowledge and applying it in new ways.
5. 6. How their writing fits into meaningful communities.
13. Portfolios
Students assess their own writing periodically in order
to promote
1.Reflection
2.Planning
3.Goal-setting.
Readers
teacher
parents
committee of fellow students
committee of fellow teachers
next years teacher