Responding to Student Writers

Name: Responding to Student Writers
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ISBN: 9781457619342

ISBN-10: 1457619342

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Authors: Nancy Sommers

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Written from one teacher to another, Nancy Sommers’Responding to Student Writersoffers a model for thinking about response as a dialogue between students and teachers — and for thinking about the benefits of responding towritersas well as to their writing. Braddock Award–winning Nancy Sommers has taught composition and run composition programs for more than three decades; she currently teaches writing and mentors future teachers in Harvard’s Graduate School of Education. In this resource, which is based on her research and her travels to two- and four-year colleges and universities, she focuses on the roles that teacher feedback plays in writers’ development and offers strategies for moving…

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List price: $22.99
Publisher: Bedford/Saint Martin's
Publication date: 8/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 64
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.198
Language: English



Note to Fellow Teachers


Introduction


Why comments matter


Considering a writer's development


Seeing comments through students' eyes


The call-and-response of commenting



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



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



Writing marginal comments


Marginalia


Less is sometimes more


Developing a scale of concerns



Writing end comments


End comments on early drafts


End comments on final drafts


Taking students seriously



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



A case study: One reader reading


Reading Lena's draft


Brief Bibliography


Responding to Student Writers: Best Practices


Index