A Guide to Helping Your Students Through the Writing Process
Sometimes, when you assign students a writing task, they immediately balk. For students, writing assignments can be overwhelming – there are so many components for them to keep track of that they often don’t even know how to start. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Technology makes it easier than ever for students to work through the writing process and to know what they need to do and how to stay organized along the way. Here are some tips for supporting students through the writing process: Start Out On The “Write” Foot Many students need support before you even hand out a writing assignment. You need to set the groundwork. To make sure students know what to do with a writing assignment, you can frontload the assignment with instruction on how to dissect a task and get started with writing. You might want to start by showing your students the following video, “Breaking Down an Argumentative Writing Task ,” from the EasyBib vault. It gives students prewriti...