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corrections symbols on the students work. It can also be used to as a learning opportunity. After they receive back their scripts that are already filled
correction symbols, they can learn the grammatical errors and the missued word that they made and how to revise them.
b. Strategies in Teaching Writing
Harmer 2004:11 states that students should pay attention not only in what to write but also in how to write. Writing is more than to write. There
are several strategies to write well. They are the way to get the students to plan, the way to encourage them to draft, reflect and revise, and the way to
respond to the students’ writing.
1. The way teachers get students to plan
Teachers need to encourage students to plan or to think about what they are going to write. The simplest way is to plan the content of their writing and
its outline. In this case, there are a lot of ways to get the students’ plan. However, there are two common ways that are usually used in this state. They
are brainstorming and guided task. Brainstorming can be applied in pairs and group discussion. In the discussion, they can share anything that can e used as
their writing topic or content. Meanwhile, guided tasks are more related to some activities that will lead them to find their ideas to write. The teachers
can also encourage them to think about the purpose of their writing and for whom they are writing.
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2. The way teachers encourage students to draft, reflect, and revise
The teachers need to encourage students to reflect what they have written, to treat the first drafts as first attempts not as finished product. One
way to encourage students’ drafts, reflect, and revise is by collaborative writing. In this process, they will work collaboratively with their classmates
in order to produces a good writing. They will respond to each other’s drafts in terms of language and content and give suggestions to each other. They
will share any ideas that are significant to their writing. Finally, their contribution will create a good finished product.
3. The way teachers respond students’ writing
There are several ways to respond the students’ writing. The first way the teachers can do is responding to a work-in-progress. It is applied when a
teacher is talking to a student in a group while the others are still working on their own. The second way is giving reformulation to them. In this way, the
teacher can make written comments or write their own version of a good writing for the students draft after they read them. It will be crucial for the
students as a comparison with their work. The last way is conducting peer response. It will be really pleasant for them because they can discuss together.
It means that each student will get suggestion as what they need.
c. Teaching Writing Using Pictures
