In chapter seven (Prewriting Techniques) Lindemann has a section
on Journals and how having students use them can be tricky. She discusses the
pros and cons; grading journals could hinder students from truly writing what
they feel, on the other hand not having them graded or looked over could cause
students to not put forth an effort to utilize this type of prewriting technique.
This mirrors the discussion we had in class about having students present a
piece of writing on the first day of class so the instructor can get a sense of
the writing styles, strength, weakness, etc. If the students are told its
graded, pressure is on, if not graded no one cares what they write. It appears
that these two techniques are a catch 22, either you lose or you lose, unless
someone has a possible effective solution I don’t know about, if so please
share.
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