Writing Assessments

Teaching English, How To….
Topic: Secondary English
Raymond Stopper
Summary of the Ideas in the Book

Below, I have listed the ideas in chronological order in my book, Teaching English How To…. I am interested in the reader’s responses to these ideas. In all there are 31 ideas about teaching English. I will publish one a day. Please respond, write the number of the item, select your choice and write your comments. Thank you. Here are your choices: (A) Completely agree. (B) Somewhat agree or disagree. (C) Completely disagree. (D) No opinion. Comment:



11. Writing Assessments are timed. Students need to write it right the first time. Begin class with 10-minute essays on topics of their choice. No requirement to complete the essay in ten minutes. Show students how to correct problems in syntax, style, usage, punctuation; show students how to smooth awkward sentences and clarify sentences with confusing meaning. Students will gain practice in timed writing, will develop the habit of writing, will be shown how to correct problems and will learn to eliminate problems like run-on sentences, sentence fragments, dangling modifiers, parallel structure, etc. Use with one class for three weeks and then use with the second the next three weeks and so on.



(A) Completely agree. (B) Somewhat agree or disagree. (C) Completely disagree. (D) No opinion.
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