Re-visioning My Narrative

While I know that most did not like cutting into their drafts this morning, I loved it. I felt a sense of empowerment by doing so. Cutting through it let me know that this is not the final draft and that it has a long way to go before it will get to a copy that I will feel at least somewhat comfortable about. I also liked taking another person's draft and trying to arrange in an order that made sense to me. I know that it was not the order of the original, but it gave me a different perspective on how to possibly view my own draft in that not everything has a set place.

This activity is one that I plan to use with my AP students this fall. Within the first week of school, they will write their first literary analysis essay. I usually do a revision exercise using highlighters, but it always has mixed results. I think this will help them see how their ideas connect.

I agree, though, with what a lot of you were saying in that you wouldn't use it with an assignment like this, but I won't completely throw the idea out the window. I think it's the type of thing that has to be used with caution and I think it's the type of thing that might work better with juniors or seniors rather than freshman or sophomores because of the maturity and growth level.

I will have to see how it works with my AP students before I see how to use it with my Creative Writing or General English students.