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We are going to talk about generating ideas to kind of help shape your essay a little bit more and this kind of goes along with the prewriting night I wanted you guys to do for last class describing the setting thinking of a particular scene is especially is helps …

Show the resolution if you’re writing about how you got fired from a job and then you learn something from it instead of writing the essay focusing on I got fired and learned something make it focused on I got fired learn this and then utilize what I learned on …

TAKE TIME OUTS DURING REVISION After the draft is written, the writer has a much clearer idea of the focus of the paper, but the writer is no where near done with the job of writing. Beginning writers often think the challenge of writing is found in getting to the …

BUILD MORE ANALYSIS INTO YOUR PARAGRAPHS Not only do readers need to know—right up front—where they are headed, but they also need to know why this topic matters. How does this paper help the reader to better understand the meaning of the topic; moreover, how does this exploration help the …

All writers know they need to revise, but many student writers wonder, “What does revise mean exactly?” CLARIFY THE PURPOSE OF THE JOURNEY AND THE DESTINATION What would you say if someone you just met in one of your classes said, “Get in the car, I’m going to take you …

“Metacognition” is simply defined as “thinking about thinking.” Literally, when you write a metacognition, you are describing to the reader what exactly you were thinking throughout the writing process. Taking this final step to reflect back on your writing experience enables you as the writer to set new writing goals …

Remember: Corrections are Editing, Changes are Revising Editing: Check to make sure that each sentence and proper noun starts with a Capital letter. Check punctuation (are periods, commas, question marks, quotations, etc. where they need to be?) Check spelling (Is everything spelled correctly? If you aren’t sure, where can you …

Sentence Fluency Play poetry being read by a poet. Read an example of an overblown, wordy business letter. Have students list the sentence beginnings of one of their essays, just the first 3 or 4 words. Do they all look alike? Have them rewrite one of the paragraphs using more …

Finding a great music teacher resource is no longer the chore it once was. Over the past 10 years, the development of the Internet has meant that music teachers no longer have to spend hours in libraries or music shops finding scores and arrangements for their students. With more and …

I would like you to think about this: what if you had the confidence to make anything happen, just the way you want it? It could be taking the next step in your career or business, or it could be to close an important contract, or perhaps to landing the …