12.22.2014

writing matters

I've been fighting with my students this past week to keep them working. All they want to do is watch fun movies and videos and play reindeer games--anything but their assignments. One conversation we had about their in class writing assignments dealt with their laziness in writing. I explained about different jobs and different types of writing they will have to do professionally. I can't think of a profession in which there is NO writing. Grammarly recently got in touch with me to promote their Grammar Check and I've had fun using it.

I shared this infographic with my classes, too:

Currently Grammar Check works with Chrome.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Good for you! It's amazing how little young people think of the basic task - if not art - or writing.

Lisa said...

I'm finding that writing skills are a MUST if you on an on-line business and sales/marketing writing is very different than blogging or even writing a thesis. If you have a good foundation, the rest will come easily. If not, things can get exponentially more difficult. Glad you are helping your students see how important this skill is. (