The Importance Of Writing In Writing

Many people have a habit of writing differently and it can be good or bad. In the essay “The Importance of Writing Badly,” Bruce Ballenger encourages students to write spontaneously without any rules or “error-free sentences.” He believes that there are no wrong way to express how a person feel. It may not be the correct way to write it but it still allows a person to write continuously. Ballenger allows students to write badly because he is more interested in encouraged thinking.

Furthermore, according to Duncan Carter’s article, Five Myths About Writing, “Years of well-intentioned English teachers have responded to students’ first drafts as if they were supposed to have been perfect. Combined with a pedagogy which suggests that revision is a form of punishment, it is not hard to see where students get the idea that good writers don’t have to revise” (Carter, 82). Growing up, high school teachers make it seem as if revising and editing your paper is the worst thing ever. Any student who worked long and hard on their assignment and turned it in to get revised, would hate to receive a paper back with nothing but red marks and errors written all over them. This initially gave people the mindset of forgetting about editing their work if all it did was tear them down and point out their mistakes.

In Dan Berrett’s article “Students Come to College Thinking They’ve Mastered Writing”, published in the Chronicle of Higher Education on March 21, 2014, the author describes some issues regarding writing that first-year students face. Berrett claims that “the students’ notions about writing” do not meet their instructors’ expectations. I, as a freshman in university, agree with most of the author’s ideas. However, there are flaws in the article, which make it less convincing.

The problem is when professor ask their students to take on writing in this new way without any experience when the professor ask them to deny the situation in the classroom where students have little power and the teacher has the power. This is problems students struggle with writing come from. When students try to have this power that the professor gives them they often just end up imitating their professor rather than coming up with their own ideas. Students need to put themselves into the situation they are writing to for discovery to happen. Another problem with students writing is the they not being put into an academic setting and have to take exams that don’t have writing. Bartholomea blames this on the teachers and the syllabus for writing in the class room. These problems can be fix went we change the academic format and rewrite them. After this the teacher can start teaching their students to think,

Error is something that is prominent in our daily lives. It is a natural occurrence from which we as humans tend to learn from. When the question of error in writing is provoked, things are not as simple given the fact that the, “Lack of clarity about errors contradicts what is perhaps the most common belief about error in writing, namely, that errors are simply “wrong”(Lu & Horner 189). Min-Zhan Lu and Bruce Horner are English professors at the University of Louisville, who are also co-authors of Writing Conventions. In this textbook, Lu and Horner define error from many different perspectives.Throughout the chapter pertaining to error, there is supporting evidence to back up each position on what the definition of error is. In the writing,

The book How to Not Write Bad: The Most Common Writing Problems and the Best Ways to Avoid Them, by Ben Yagoda, focuses on teaching readers how to eliminate errors in their writing. To engage the readers, the author uses examples from his own students’ writing. By showing other students’ mistakes, Yagoda creates a mood of reassurance for the readers and tells his audience that everyone can make grammatical errors. This allows him to easily touch on a range of areas with an attentive audience. The topics are diverse with interesting topic titles, which help spark the reader’s interest. For example, Yagoda titles the section “,” rather than spelling “comma” in Punctuation (40). Using the punctuation symbol instead of the name is unusual and therefore

In “Expectations for College Writing,” the author expresses the importance of communicating clearly in writing for college and the future. At the beginning, the author discusses the impact of social writing has on an individual. Social networking allows individuals to analyze their response by conforming to the audience; thus, choosing the appropriate language. Then, the author expresses the importance of moving back and forth between informal social writing and formal academic writing. In formal academic writing, instructors assume students know the expectations of their writing. Instructors also have expectations of students to establish authority of their own work. Having confidence in your ideas and thoughts will establish authority by

As a student returning to the world of learning, I want to introduce you to a new me. A few years ago I would not make the effort to learn and correct my mistakes as a student, I would not take the time out to learn new techniques that will help me be a better individual in the classroom environment. If it were up to me I would write the way I speak because it is easier and faster. I have come to understand that speaking poorly is as critical as writing poorly (Who Are You, p. 4).

“Writing for Teachers,” an article written by Peter Elbow, opens a world of thought not seen by many students and teachers alike. They, including myself, have fallen into a trap of formats and teacher pleasing. Elbow excellently describes the circumstances of the symbiotic relationship between the teachers and students. He describes the scenario where teachers grade papers upon what they find is most similar to what they have written, and the students aspire to please their teachers. A student’s writing, though it could be good for the intended audience, is graded poorly for being too dissimilar from how the teacher likes writing. These students learn to start “writing for teachers” so they get a better grade. These students develop a very bad habit of writing to please the teachers so much so that they never can write for an audience. Students that

Many intellectuals describe their educational journey as a step path which will be worth nothing in the end. Mine, on the other hand, will not only impact my life but as well as the life of others. I want to do more with my life, then working at a fast food restaurant. I want to be somebody, and to be somebody, you must have an education. Having an education in today’s society means nothing unless you know how to use it properly. The central part of having an education is learning how to write and the different ways you must write. I, unfortunately, have always struggled with the concept of writing ever since I could remember. However, this semester has taught me that being different with my writing, is a good thing. No matter how bad I thought I was, I can always continue to improve.

In classrooms the teacher is there to help guide the students ' while making them think and learn. Through experience, Alford at the explains that teachers/professors are noticing that students papers compare and contrast while lacking

The way we express ourselves by writing indirectly affects our life. In fact, the method I used to answer the exams was missing some essential points. Therefore, I decided to overcome this problem and begin an online writing course. I am learning some valuable strategies to improve my writing Including how I collect my ideas, and I punctuate sentences. Realizing that writing has many vital aspects that writers should consider when they decide to write, not only grammar is important, but also the way in which our thought are conveyed and organized. Thus, after finishing the paragraph we should check our writing. For example, founding some common mistakes we used to do, such as run-on sentences and sentence fragments. Finding our weakness is

The writing observation framework places more emphasis on teaching students how to write to learn. Its models emphasizes on the process that enable students to learn new ideas and concepts while enhancing their writing skills. In the past, students were mainly taught how to write as the major focus. During assessment, test scores were used to analyze whether students have understood how to write. However, apart from analyzing only the writing style, the writing observational framework emphasizes on additional elements such as background of the topic under study and relevance of the content provided is also

Writing is one of the four basic skills to be taught for the students. It is a way for students to express their idea and opinion. The important of writing can be seen in daily activities when they need to write short texts such as memos, invitation letters, sympathy notes, brochure, article, business letters, applications letter and many others. Through writing students can transfer their experiences and knowledge to others. So, they should be able to produce sentences and develop it into paragraphs and essays. It is active thinking process of the students to plan, arrange and express idea in order the text could be understood by the readers. A good writing helps avoid misunderstanding between the writer’s idea and the reader’s opinion.

Dear Mrs. Thompson, before this class I was not very interested in writing. I used to slack as a writer in elementary school. My aunt used to make me read many books on the weekends and in summer. Then she would have me write lengthy book reports on them. I hated hyer for them at the time but they really helped me out in the long run. Unfortunately, these habits did not follow me into middle school. Throughout middle school. It just did not seem like a skill I needed if I was going into the medical field. Little did I know… essays are part of so many assignments in high school. I wrote so many essays freshman year, even in my geophys class! Like what?! Then it was included so much during sophomore year. My first hour class was American Lit, this was such a drag, writing in the morning was torture, But, I made the best of it since I did not have many other classes that required me to write lengthy papers. I improved m writing skills all around in the class, more specifically, my spelling skills. As I went through junior year I began encountering much writing in my math class. My current class, Statistical Reasoning in Sports, has me writing so many paragraphs. I never would have thought this is how it would be. However, all these classes and assignments did improve my writing. The length of my papers increased drastically as well as my description in them. There are still many more skills I need to work on. Like my attention to detail while writing, I make many obvious