TESOL / Teaching Writing / Teachers' Assumptions

Students should learn to write correct sentences and build them up into a text.

• yes

• no

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

In writing classes, there should be a strong emphasis on correct grammar.

• yes

• no

Writing in the classroom takes a lot of time and is often a waste of time.

• yes

• no

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Students have to work alone during writing activities.

• yes

• no

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

Teachers should mark all the grammar mistakes that students make.

• yes

• no

In writing classes, teachers should focus on what students produce at the end of the lesson.

• yes

• no

If students write a draft, it is not the teacher's duty to provide feedback on this draft.

• yes

• no