Teaching Secondary Students to Write Effectively

E X A M P L E   1.2d.

Sample writing strategies for the evaluating component of the writing process

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Writing strategy

Most relevant genres

How to execute the strategy

Rank the evidence 

Persuasive genre

Argumentative 

genre

After drafting a mini-argument “(see Example 1.2c), trade your draft with a 

peer. Your peer will rank the evidence from 1 to 4 based on how logical and 

relevant each piece is. You will then meet in pairs to discuss the ranking 

prior to writing a second draft.

CDO—sentence 

level

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Any genre

C

ompare, Diagnose, and Operate by reading a sentence and deciding if the 

sentence works. If not, diagnose the problem by asking why the sentence 

doesn’t work. For example:

• Does it not sound right?

• Is it not communicating the intended meaning?

• Is it not useful to the paper?

• Will the reader have trouble understanding it?

• Will the reader be interested in what it says?

• Will the reader believe what it says?

Next, decide how you will change the sentence.

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CDO—text level

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Any genre