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FIVE TYPES OF WRITING: A PRACTICAL APPROACH

The Collins Writing Program employs five types of writing. Through these five types the program delivers a unique, copyrighted approach to writing and thinking that offers much more than the standard writing process. The program distinguishes itself from others through its proprietary approach to student practice and by showing teachers how to guide their students through all five types using practical, easy-to-use strategies and techniques that are sure to improve student writing.

Throughout, the program places special emphasis on Type Four writing, where peer editing takes place. Type Four writing assignments provide students with opportunities to draft, edit, and receive meaningful feedback on their work -- within manageable limits.

More specifically, Type Four writing involves four core elements:

  • Use of a writing management system (Cumulative Writing Folder)
  • Oral reading
  • Focus correcting
  • Practicing editing skills on past papers

TYPE ONE: CAPTURE IDEAS

Type One writing gets ideas on paper it's brainstorming. Type One is timed and requires a minimum number of items or lines to be generated. Questions and/or guesses are permitted.

  • One draft
  • Outcomes are evaluated with a check (√) or minus (-)

TYPE TWO: RESPOND CORRECTLY

Type Two writing shows that the writer knows something about a topic or has thought about the topic. It is a correct answer to a specific question.

  • One draft
  • Graded as a quiz

TYPE THREE: EDIT FOR FOCUS CORRECTION AREAS

Type Three writing has substantive content and meets up to three specific standards called "Focus Correction Areas" (FCAs). Revision and editing are done on the original.

  • One draft (saved)
  • Read out loud and reviewed to see if the draft completes the assignment, is easy to read, and meets standards set for the focus correction areas.

TYPE FOUR: EDIT FOR FOCUS CORRECTION AREAS

Type Four writing is Type Three writing that is read aloud by someone else.

  • Two drafts (saved)
  • Writing is critiqued by a peer and revised by the author

TYPE FIVE: PUBLISH

Type Five writing is of publishable quality.

  • Multiple drafts (saved)
  • Published work

                                                       

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The Five Types of Writing

  1. Capture Ideas
  2. Respond
  3. Edit
  4. Peer Edit*
  5. Publish

* Special emphasis area

 

 

 
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