Writing

Checkpoint 3: Writing Instruction and Assessment Grade Level: Kindergarten Native Americans, Kindness, and Thankfulness Unit I. Understanding of Literacy Development Objectives: Students will demonstrate understanding of thankfulness and expressing it in written form. Goals for Students: (Friendly version of objectives): Write a sentence or two using writing tools that express thankfulness. Rationale: This lesson will be during the month of November, which is a tricky time for…

recent studies, many students do not have good writing skills (Simpkins, Crews, & Groves, 2012). In today’s society, there are many contributing factors which are found to be a cause of bad writing. Not obtaining the knowledge in high school or not practicing these skills are two of the common factors. Since good writing skills are essential in college, students should focus more on knowing how to write effectively and not just getting by. Good writing has been taught for very many years. Many…

Reflection on Writing Progress This semester I have seen myself grow a lot as a writer. In the beginning of the year I did not completely understand the way sentences worked. Such as the difference between compound and complex sentences. Which now I feel like I have grown in the sentence form and structure. Also, the vocabulary that I have learned over this semester has begun to help me in my everyday usage. While speaking to my younger sister, I try to experiment with the new words…

website to locate the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) writing standards for the 5th grade level, I found that only 4th and 7th grade had writing standards. I am not sure what this means, but I am going to assume that it means that only students at these grade levels take the writing portion of the examine. With a testing pattern such as this, I plan to ensure that my students know and can implement all of the 4th grade writing standards, if I am teaching 5th grade. If I am…

The Importance of Writing In Stephen King’s essay, “On Writing”, he talks compellingly about why we need to read and write at every opportunity. In the twenty-first century, humanity has entered a highly developed information era and modern media constantly pumps out material; but advanced technology can never replace writing. Regardless of the tricks that the newest technology can create, the basis of communication is still writing. It appears that people’s effectiveness to express themselves…

Throughout the ENGL 1101 course, I have drastically noticed my strengths and weaknesses in my writing from all of the assignments I have written. For instance, in the first major writing assignment I was assigned to write a personal narrative pertaining to an event or critical point that happened in my life. Throughout out this essay, I noticed that I had strengths in guiding the reader, such as using transition words and placing the information in chronological order. Although, I noticed I had…

of academic writing during the past two months. Receiving great feedback and suggestions from my peers and doing research has helped me strengthen my points, and allows me to recognize and understand certain habits used in my writing. My focus on this course in the beginning started with the question, how do I keep my focus and become a better writer by staying on track within my main focus and not move from one point to another? I wrote in my initial introduction that my writing style was…

Linda Chen Mr. Felder AP Language & Composition 25 August 2016 Comparison of On Writing: A Memoir and On Writing Well Stephen King’s memoir, On Writing, is a novel about King’s experiences as a writer and was effective in teaching amateur writers what it is truly like to be an author. Although his teachings are not as direct in his book as Zinsser’s, most of his rare advice are just as useful. Overall, Stephen King applied many of the concepts suggested by William Zinsser into his…

from the Declaration of Independence. In my opinion, cursive should still be taught in schools today. First, cursive writing should still be taught because of your signature. Next, cursive writing should still be taught because cursive promotes focus. Lastly, cursive writing should still be taught because cursive grants children and adults fine motor skills. First of all, cursive writing should still be taught because of your signature. One reason for your signature is your credit…

say, “ college level writing comes from college level thinking”. However, students often fail to realize this truth and eventually, criticize their teachers for low grades. In my case, I always viewed myself as an average writer until I joined college.During high school years, when I hear English teachers lecture students on revising their writing, I usually produce an average essay eligible for a fair grade; most of the time, I did receive acceptable grades in those writing .Even so, I did not…