Wiley Class Discussion

Schaffer’s formula is used to teach writing and make it the process that seems messy more organized and easy to manage. This will allow students to have a guideline on how they can effectively write. Schaffer says, “No matter what the task, if students follow the recipe, the final product will satisfy all appetites.” I find there are different ways to writing and you don’t always use the same format to get to the final product. When asked to follow a specific format students over think and find writing more challenging then when they are just asked to start writing a response. Also when using a format it can take away from the creativity in your writing. You wouldn't write a science investigation the same way you would write an English paper. Guidelines are helpful when writing but that’s what they are guidelines not a specific format that you have to follow. When asked to start writing and pick a topic sentence I just froze because its hard to figure out is that one sentence the best I could come up with? It has to caught the writers attention and then I critic myself and doubt my own writing ability. Also I have found that when you ask students to follow a specific format they end up being more worried about the format than the content that they are writing about.