Writing within ELA
par Summer McGowan
1. Focusing on Context,Purpose, and Audience better prepares them
2. Exemplary Practices:
2.1. Peer feedback
2.2. Organizing your thoughts prior to writing
2.3. Giving students wide varieties of genres and types of writing
2.4. Avoid formulaic writing- example is 5 paragraph essay
3. Question Time!
3.1. WHY are teachers still teaching these generic styles of writing instead of being creative and following all of this information?
3.1.1. My answer: Because they are either too afraid of branching out, or they are more focused on the CCSS standards