http://anne.teachesme.com/2006/02/22/thinking-about-the-teaching-of-writing/ Comments, reflections and occasional brainstorms Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:58:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.4-bleeding http://anne.teachesme.com/2006/02/22/thinking-about-the-teaching-of-writing/#comment-87780 Anne Davis Sun, 04 May 2008 01:55:01 +0000 http://anne.teachesme.com/2006/02/22/thinking-about-the-teaching-of-writing/#comment-87780 Sure, feel free to use the comment starters. I hope they will help your students. I have found that they are a big help and students become much more thoughtful about their comments. Best to you! Anne Sure, feel free to use the comment starters. I hope they will help your students. I have found that they are a big help and students become much more thoughtful about their comments. Best to you!
Anne

]]> http://anne.teachesme.com/2006/02/22/thinking-about-the-teaching-of-writing/#comment-87777 Miss W. Sun, 04 May 2008 01:12:08 +0000 http://anne.teachesme.com/2006/02/22/thinking-about-the-teaching-of-writing/#comment-87777 I am taking part in the comment challenge 2008 and putting together a modified version for students. I was wondering could I use those comment starters you have on this blog, to help the students create better comments? They will be on a page on my class blog. I will also add a link to this page. I am taking part in the comment challenge 2008 and putting together a modified version for students. I was wondering could I use those comment starters you have on this blog, to help the students create better comments? They will be on a page on my class blog. I will also add a link to this page.

]]> http://anne.teachesme.com/2006/02/22/thinking-about-the-teaching-of-writing/#comment-52407 10 Tips That Will Make Anyone a Better Commenter » Circular Communication Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:14:52 +0000 http://anne.teachesme.com/2006/02/22/thinking-about-the-teaching-of-writing/#comment-52407 [...] An important point when you comment is how you start your comment. Getting off to a good start will almost ensure that the rest of the comment follows the pointers above. For a great list of comment starters check out: Thinking about the teaching of writing, where you also find additional valuable points on how to write. Especially what the use of questions and writing for an audience is concerned. In 7 Great Ways to Connect with Other Bloggers While You’re Out Reading Blogs Liz Strauss makes the case for getting positive attention and starting new relationship with bloggers by observing how you interact with the blog and blogger. While a couple of the points overlap with my guidelines are there also some new ones you do well to respect also. On a slightly lighter note Lorelle wrote How NOT to Comment on Comments and although she states that it isn’t funny (the poor comments that is) the article itself is bound to get you laughing. At least I did while not forgetting the good points she makes. [...] […] An important point when you comment is how you start your comment. Getting off to a good start will almost ensure that the rest of the comment follows the pointers above. For a great list of comment starters check out: Thinking about the teaching of writing, where you also find additional valuable points on how to write. Especially what the use of questions and writing for an audience is concerned. In 7 Great Ways to Connect with Other Bloggers While You’re Out Reading Blogs Liz Strauss makes the case for getting positive attention and starting new relationship with bloggers by observing how you interact with the blog and blogger. While a couple of the points overlap with my guidelines are there also some new ones you do well to respect also. On a slightly lighter note Lorelle wrote How NOT to Comment on Comments and although she states that it isn’t funny (the poor comments that is) the article itself is bound to get you laughing. At least I did while not forgetting the good points she makes. […]

]]> http://anne.teachesme.com/2006/02/22/thinking-about-the-teaching-of-writing/#comment-462 Our Class Blog » Commenting on students’ blogs from other countries Tue, 04 Apr 2006 07:22:05 +0000 http://anne.teachesme.com/2006/02/22/thinking-about-the-teaching-of-writing/#comment-462 [...] Today I would like you to have a look at some other student blogs and comment on them if you feel you want to. Please include the address of your blog in the URL space of the comment. This means that the person you are commenting to can click onto your blog and leave you a comment as well. When you are commenting think about asking a question. Some sentence starters for comments which I got from Anne Davis , a teacher and a blogger who has great ideas, are here: [...] […] Today I would like you to have a look at some other student blogs and comment on them if you feel you want to. Please include the address of your blog in the URL space of the comment. This means that the person you are commenting to can click onto your blog and leave you a comment as well. When you are commenting think about asking a question. Some sentence starters for comments which I got from Anne Davis , a teacher and a blogger who has great ideas, are here: […]

]]> http://anne.teachesme.com/2006/02/22/thinking-about-the-teaching-of-writing/#comment-461 Responding to Media Texts and more… » How to be a good commenter Tue, 04 Apr 2006 07:19:26 +0000 http://anne.teachesme.com/2006/02/22/thinking-about-the-teaching-of-writing/#comment-461 [...] I got these from Anne Davis who is a teacher and a blogger who has some great ideas. When you get comments like this you can add a comment to your own blog, OR go over to their blog to reply to the comment OR even write a blog entry about it and link to their blog if they have really made you think. In this way we can get good conversations going and do lots of learning to do well in the SAC but it’s also about having fun. Just remember your blog is public so don’t say anything you wouldn’t say to a person’s face. [...] […] I got these from Anne Davis who is a teacher and a blogger who has some great ideas. When you get comments like this you can add a comment to your own blog, OR go over to their blog to reply to the comment OR even write a blog entry about it and link to their blog if they have really made you think. In this way we can get good conversations going and do lots of learning to do well in the SAC but it’s also about having fun. Just remember your blog is public so don’t say anything you wouldn’t say to a person’s face. […]

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