Chapter Five of Cohesive Writing

This chapter has several good points about writing papers, one of them being that "teachers do a disservice to students if they accept first-draft jottings as finished papers" (83). Until recently I didn't know the true value of revising papers. If a student never has the opportunity to rewrite an assignment, they will never correct the first mistakes they had made and those are more likely to make those mistakes again. Jago also stresses the importance of writing to become a better writer. Improving your writing through writing is a big theme of Christensen's teachings, and Jago affirms that practice makes for better writers. The person writing comments on the paper example might have been a little critical, or at least a little to forceful. Positive comments are good, and asking the student questions to help encourage their thought process is also a good thing to do.