Vocabularies of grammar. There are several types of grammar. Cow writing is a style of writing where the essay is summarized with little original thought by the author or organizational theory. Bull writing is a style of writing where the author gives opinions, but fails to show evidence for the opinions. The main difference is that student writers revise on a sentence, superficial level, mainly revising syntactical errors.
Experienced writers revise more deeply, concentrating on the overall theme.
The process a reader goes through to integrate a text within existing knowledge and experience. Vygotsky's theory that drawing is based on what a child knows instead of what she sees, that the drawing is a backdrop for a narrative. The cognitive approach uses the theory that students write in certain ways, that they go through various stages in writing. Teaching composition means teaching these stages, either directly or indirectly. Define collaborative learning.