Kindness and love build resilience—harshness harms the devel-opment of resilience.
We all need to remember these words not only in the classroom, but also in life.
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Then it is the job of the teacher to diagnose strengths and weak-nesses of the student practice and to respond with further coaching to help the students move forward.
This is challenging with a large group of students since it is not possible to be listening to all groups at one time. For this reason, I have found it helpful to create a peer editing form where students can write their praise, questions and suggestions to their partner. When students are asked to write comments down, I have found that they give more thought to what they will say. Also, as I walk around the room, I can glance at the paper and have a better understanding of the conversation that has been taking place. Glancing at students' faces and body language across the room can also alert the instructor about how the conversation is going.
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Donald Graves has argued that by treating students’ writing primarily with correction and judgment, instead of coaching them graciously and sup-portively, we have created a society of people who treat a writing occasion as if they have been invited to an uncomfortable formal dinner. They arrive late, hope not to be noticed, and leave early.
I think a lot of teachers rush to correct and judge because of time constraints. The syllabus is packed with activities and assignments, and they may feel like they're falling behind, so they overwhelm and discourage students with too much feedback on early drafts hoping they can move on quickly, but good writing cannot be rushed. For this reason, it's important not to overload the syllabus and to allow time for teachers and students to go step by step through the writing process.
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