12 Other Formats and Approaches
Activity
As a student, gather your course outlines together and consider if they contain assignments such as a compare and contrast paper or a reading reflection paper.
The following may assist you in writing those papers. You can use the same approach for several writing assignments.
Writing on Topics:
If you are asked to write on a particular topic:
- Ask questions about the topic area.
- Gather a learning bundle.
- Create envelopes while reading.
- Fill envelopes with data in an outline form.
- Write a rough draft.
- Seek peer review.
- Revise and submit.
Compare and Contrast
If a course asks you to compare and contrast:
- make envelopes for author 1 and author 2
- how do they compare?
- use the envelopes to make an outline
- write a rough draft
- seek peer review
- revise and submit
Read and Respond
If a course asks you to read and respond…
- create envelopes from readings
- reactions
- outline readings context
- research exploring readings context
- write a rough draft
- seek peer review
- revise and resubmit
Here’s what the author says… Here’s what I say.
They say, I say.
