? for Discussion
By on Feb 19, 2009 in ENG 484 - Foundations of Teaching Writing, Questions for Discussion
I have a question that would probably annoy myself if I was the teacher and I was teaching prewriting: Do you HAVE to prewrite. I am not saying that ignoring this stage of the process is the way to go for every student, but honestly I have produced some work off the cuff that was pretty darn good. As I said, I would probably discourage students from doing this, and it doesn’t always work for me – only if the muse is really working on that day. However, it is a question that we will likely get from students at some point and one that we should, as teachers, be prepared to answer.