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students are keen on getting their books some real exposure , marketing teams can be formed to research and make a social media plan or plan local promotional events . By this phase , there is typically such a sense of purpose and an " authentic job " for each student that the project runs itself , and I can troubleshoot and help the struggling students with greater ease as we wrap it all up .
Conclusions
Aside from being authentic , this kind of writing project hits almost all the other education field buzzwords — differentiated instruction , peer collaboration , inquiry-based learning , projectbased learning — while covering nearly all of the Common Core standards . but they definitely walk away respecting it , and have learned new strategies along the way . Lastly , I have described some of my favorite writing project plans , but there are many different options and websites that feature a long list of teachers ' favorite authentic writing projects . It ' s amazing how much intrinsic motivation and inspiration comes to students who know that their work will be published online , printed , and ultimately reach an audience outside their school .
-Dominic Carrillo teaches at the Anglo- American School of Sofia and is the author of YA novels The Improbable Rise of Paco Jones and The Unusual Suspects . dominicvcarrillo . com
Students seem to genuinely enjoy collaborating and come to understand the value of editing . I won ' t pretend that every student ends up loving the writing process ,
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