IT Education Tips

Probably the most important criteria for quality of writing is organization. Poor organization equals a poor paper. In fact, a professional can write a well-organized article and pay others to correct mechanics and spice up the writing style. But if the ideas are disorganized, no amount of money can fix it.

This is equally true for student’s writing. When a teacher is presented with a disorganized paper, it is extremely difficult to even get a handle on how to help the student improve the writing. It is equally difficult to grade other aspects of the paper if the ideas are not presented in an organized, structured way.

“Outline first” should become a motto. Some classroom teachers require students to submit outlines before writing the first draft. This gets a little tiresome, because it requires everyone to wait to work on their paper until the teacher gets all the approved outlines back to the students. And not all students require constant supervision of this first step. Here the homeschool instructor has an advantage. With only one outline to approve, you can easily require an outline to be submitted until the student appropriately organizes his or her content.

One activity that may also help students develop outlines it to write out the outline from a textbook or article they read. This demonstrates how ideas are grouped. After they have outlined a section, they might be able to use that as a model for a topic they plan to write about. No need to overdo this activity; once or twice a year may be sufficient to aid your student in developing this needed skill.

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