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The Secret to Good Writing: It's About Objects, Not Ideas - The Atlantic

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The Atlantic Festival is back on September 19 and 20. Get an in-person pass and enjoy a complimentary digital subscription. Learn more: It's all too easy for students to float away on abstract words. Here's how to get them back on solid ground. In her article "The Writing Revolution," Peg Tyre shows the teachers at New Dorp High School beginning to ask the question too few writing teachers ask: What skills do these students lack? She quotes Nell Scharff, an instructional expert brought in by the school, as saying, "How did the kids in our target group go wrong? What skills were missing?" It's a crucial question for those who want to reform the teaching of writing, because once you ask what skills are missing, you can make a list and start a counter-attack. The alternative to listing missing skills is to settle into a belief that today's kids are dumb or just not interested in ideas -- which is what usually happens these days. As a college writing instructor, I have seen many students s

It's all too easy for students to float away on abstract words. Here's how to get them back on solid ground. Liudmila P. Sundikova/ Shutterstock In her article "The Writing Revolution," Peg Tyre shows the teachers at New Dorp High School beginning to ask the question too few writing teachers ask: What skills do these students lack? She quotes Nell Scharff, an instructional expert brought in by the school, as saying, "How did the kids in our target group go wrong? What skills were missing?" See full coverage It's a crucial question for those who want to reform the teaching of writing, because o

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