Response or feedback on students' writing can significantly improve the quality of their work. The response can be in the form of a conference with the teacher, but it is also important to encourage peer response, since peers constitute the primary audience. Student response groups can be very helpful in reviewing the strengths and weaknesses of written work. Students may need help to understand that the revision of an article is a creative step that all professional writers engage in frequently. It is not just correcting a poorly written paper.
Writers often go through many revisions before they are satisfied with their work.
It is helpful if the teacher can arrange to have a professional writer talk with the class about his or her own process of revision. All rights reserved. All rights reserved.