Becoming a Good Writer

compmom
Wed, 17 Jun 2015 02:33:39 +0000

Strunk and White.

A tutor (my daughter is currently volunteering as a tutor in a city high school volunteer program, and her main student has gone from C and D grades to B, maybe even a B+ (waiting for final paper grade!). This was mainly by working on organization, sticking to an outline. And learning how to research, absorb and articulate clearly. A good tutor should not be too directive, can ask questions, help with structure, but needs to be careful not to do too much for the student.

My youngest is not a reader. I swear that the much maligned Facebook has been a huge help to her writing skills, as have some online college classes that require written discussion. Who would have thought…