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<div>Rajul: I also never use freewriting because I think it takes up to much time in the session. Also, because I find the students to be very hesitant when they are put on the stop to write something because they may feel insecure about their ideas or writing. I also hate when it gets too quiet in my session if the student is off freewriting. I actually like the back and forth interaction and talking out their ideas.</div>
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<div>Sara: I too feel that signal words and key concepts are important ideas in getting students to understand the material. "Compare and contrast" is also key but many students at times may only focus on one or the other and forget the rest of the assignment which can totally throw off their paper.</div>
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<div>Anthony Eid: I had a similar situation where my student and I went over the material, specifically we worked on forming a solid thesis statement. In our next session they did not work on it at all and did not even come up with an argument. I feel your pain about you being 'floored' that the student missed everything you worked on together.</div>
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<div>Christine: I also wrote in my response the time constraints are completely forgotten by the authors in the text. They propose a lot of different exercises to do with the students but they have forgotten that we only see these students once a week for 50 minutes. Also, the idea of glossing, is beneficial to the organization of a paper. I think that exercise appears to be one of my favorites from the text so far. </div>
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<div>Rice: It is helpful to get a paper started by making a list for my students so that they can get the "gist" of what is going on in the assignment. But I don't like freewriting so I don't even bother to give it to my students. I just like to jump into the 'heart' of the assignment and getting them to understand what is being asked of them and how they can organize it.</div>