Using Student Writing Response Groups in the Classroom

by M. Healy

This booklet is one of a series of teacher-written curriculum publications launched by the Bay Area Writing Project, each focusing on a different aspect of the teaching of composition. Step-by-step directions are provided to develop small writing response groups in any junior high or high school classroom, whether English, science, or social studies. The steps described include preparing for small group response sessions, establishing response groups, using transcribed examples of small group response, evaluating response group work, and coping with problems that may occur in small group work.

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Published January 1, 1980