Jeremy Oertel

Tedu353

Unit Lesson 6

 

Topic: Refining your second draft.

 

Set Induction: Have students share pieces of what they have written.  Emphasize that these are not completed yet, and should be contributed to more.  The purpose of this induction is to give the students experience with what other students in the class are doing.

 

Terminal Objective: Students will identify and summarize the important aspects of their own writing, and a student’s writing. 

 

Enabling Objectives:  Students will share what they have written so that they and other students can learn from their peers.  Students will identify aspects of their material which are important to their writing assignment.  Students will list important considerations of a particular example of writing.  Students will identify a strength and weakness of a student’s writing. 

 

Activity: Students should exchange their draft with another student in class.  If some students are particularly uncomfortable, they can evaluate their own.  They should read through the text and try to decide what the writing is about.  They should list the topic, the point-of-view, and the style of the writing.  They should also try to decide what the point of the text is.  Is it trying to persuade?  Is it trying to inform?  They should find one aspect of the writing they are interested in, and one aspect they think could use revision.  This feedback will be given back to the student so that they can re-evaluate the clarity of their writing.  This activity should take 25 minutes or so.

 

Closure:  Peer-criticism is a very good strategy to check your writing clarity.  For example, with poetry, it is very important how others respond, due to the abstract nature of the writing style.  With essays, it is important that your main argument is made clearly and is supported, otherwise it will not sufficiently inform or persuade.  Your final Draft will be due tomorrow.