Strategic Writing Chapter Two Response In chapter two of Strategic Writing, Deborah Dean writes that successful writing is only accomplished with inquiry (23). Dean argues that we need to push students to investigate new ideas, rather than rely on what they already know (24). A big idea Dean tackles is that our knowledge comes from our experiences (23). Dean suggests supplying students with ample experiences in the classroom to build knowledge (25). When students are more knowledgeable, their writing improves (34). Ensuring students receive the knowledge they need to successfully explain their reasoning in a piece of writing can be done through prewriting what is known, and then researching what needs to be known (Dean, 25). We do not know
