Helping Students Develop Ideas in Writing
- Understand that great papers start with a great brainstorm
- Since it is difficult to compose a cohesive essay all at once, it helps to focus on getting that one main idea or thesis
- Making writing personal for those who have trouble connecting to the material or writing in general
- Engaging in a conversation to support an organic growth of ideas and simultaneously build rapport
- Letting supporting ideas stem from a solid, foundational main idea
- Exploring similar and opposing viewpoints
- Predicting the type of paper/writing an instructor wants to see from the student
- Draft, redraft, edit, edit, edit, proofread, edit
- Building confidence and offering notable praise
- Remarking on growth and progress
- Prioritizing what student thinks is important
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