Comments on: Revision for 3rd graders and others https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/02/revision-for-3rd-graders-and-others/ Writer, Author, Speaker Tue, 17 Apr 2018 14:05:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: lauravanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/02/revision-for-3rd-graders-and-others/#comment-31477 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 18:14:56 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=5943#comment-31477 In reply to Barb.

@Barb – ah yes, the thinking that it’s the handwriting that’s the only issue… Glad to hear the situation improved!

]]> By: Barb https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/02/revision-for-3rd-graders-and-others/#comment-31476 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 00:25:23 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=5943#comment-31476 At open house one year the LA teacher paused for this wistful aside: there’s nothing harder than to get a middle school to revise their own work. So true. DS was working on a paper. I asked if he was on the first draft, Yes, he replied, but I’m writing neatly so that maybe it can be my final draft. Sigh. Once he moved on from middle school, though, he became an “English kid” and a damn good writer.

]]> By: VeeCee https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/02/revision-for-3rd-graders-and-others/#comment-31475 Tue, 23 Feb 2016 17:32:25 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=5943#comment-31475 Cb,
Be thankful that they at least know how to write a coherent sentence.

]]> By: Arden https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/02/revision-for-3rd-graders-and-others/#comment-31474 Tue, 23 Feb 2016 16:10:28 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=5943#comment-31474 My son is in 5th grade now and I really struggle with guiding him on his writing without fixing it for him. He does the absolute minimum to get by….which drives me crazy. I’ll look to this list to help me.

]]> By: lauravanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/02/revision-for-3rd-graders-and-others/#comment-31473 Tue, 23 Feb 2016 15:59:06 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=5943#comment-31473 In reply to Cb.

@Cb – hah, I have been guilty of this at times! People need to learn that true mastery is found in the simplicity on the other side of complexity.

]]> By: Cb https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/02/revision-for-3rd-graders-and-others/#comment-31472 Tue, 23 Feb 2016 15:14:01 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=5943#comment-31472 I’m marking essays at the moment and am tempted to send this to my 2nd year university students who write like they’ve swallowed the thesaurus.

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