11 02 enhancing sentence style

Enhancing  Sentence   Style   Variety  (length,  structure,  punctuation,  ideas,  etc.)       “When  a  student  introduces  a  por1olio  with  serious  reflec5on   about  it,  the  student  is  taking  responsibility  for  the  quality  of  the   work,  the  choices  that  were  involved  in  the  wri5ng  and  the   learning  that  has  occurred—or  not  occurred  It  is  a  powerful   metacogni5ve  act—thinking  about  thinking—that  no  other   assessment  device  includes  But  one  link  in  our  own  thinking   about  por1olios  yet  remains,  and  that  is  the  purpose  of  this   paper:  to  connect  the  power  of  the  reflec5ve  leDer  to  the  actual   scoring  of  por1olios”  (583)   Ed  White,  “The  Scoring  of  Wri5ng  Por1olios:  Phase  2.”  CCC  56.4   (2005):  581-­‐600     Powerful  Verbs  vs  ‘To  Be’   •  The  frequency  with  which  writers  use  forms  of  the  verb   “to  be”  is  interes5ng  to  me   Powerful  Verbs  vs  ‘To  Be’   •  Vidra’s  ar5cle  was  an  argument  about  the  invasiveness   of  Kudzu     Powerful  Verbs  vs  ‘To  Be’   •  The  writers  were  asking  how  to  enhance  their  sentence   style     Powerful  Verbs  vs  ‘To  Be’   •  There  are  many  people  who  want  to  improve  their   wri5ng     ...   Powerful  Verbs  vs  ‘To  Be’   •  The  writers  were  asking  how  to  enhance  their sentence   style     Powerful  Verbs  vs  ‘To  Be’   •  There  are  many  people  who  want  to  improve