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Causing students to see writing in the real world should not be too difficult. How do we
think? Do we think in paragraphs? Usually I do some flow charts too.
Composition is important for flow, it is through the composing that we actually
communicate what we want to say. only there were a way to make the composition part
fun, and not in some OCD way.
There are some definite bases that need to be covered. They NEED a topic sentence.
Topic sentences are crucial, thats how you know what the paragraph is about. If you dont
know that, there is no focus. Writing a focused paragraph is totally important. The topic
sentence is the idea and the paragraph is the expression of the idea. Then you have the
flow between paragraphs. So you need to see how one idea relates to the other ideas
This is where the flow chart comes into play.
A skilled writer can literally communicate exactly what they want through writing, or
atleast get close to it. If you cant structure your thoughts in a way that people can
interpret then you might as well scribble on a page. First you need the thought, which as
Merleau-Ponty says, is impossible with out language. The act of structuring thoughts into
a coherent line of logic is a good practice because it gets people to solve problems.
Composition is the organizing of thoughts. I think composition is what we should stress
in school. Grammar is tedious.
The MLA doesnt even get it, they keep changing their minds about things. Best way
to understand grammar is to be immersed in it. Grammar exists only to keep ideas
flowing, to act as mortar cementing the larger composition.
There is my position on any number of things. I hope this satisfies things...