Keeslers Writing World

I agree with DJ that grading papers is totally subjective. It's hard to give someone with bad structure and spelling a lower grade when they are passionate about the subject and really got into the writing. It seems to me almost like at times teachers punish the students who are passionate about writing by giving them a lower grade because of superficial errors in the paper. While at the same time they reward the student that could care less about their writing and are just better students as far as structure and grammar goes. I personally believe that with writing it's the content that is the most important. We shouldn't be destroying a students paper just because they might not spell so well. In my own classroom I hope to provide all my students with the necessary structure and grammar that they need, but I don't want those things acting as some sort of wall that keeps passionate writers who can't climb that wall out. I intend to teach my students that both are important, but that content is what I really want to see. From there we can work on structure and grammar, but first we need to tackle the content of the students writing. I think that this should be the views of every teacher. Writing is a major method of communication these days and I think that the content of the writing will trump the structure of it.