How have your students' essays improved in syntax, logic, and voice specifically?

Answer 1

Some of my students' essays have improved in all of those areas. I always emphasize the importance of articulation in writing, while editing and proofreading my students' essays to perfection for smooth-flowing, on-topic content and solid writing mechanics all the way through. Plus, I have them practice writing all the time using different strategies via carrying out: journal writing exercises, written reviews and accompanying star ratings (of books, products online, services, etc.), summaries of books, movies/television, and sports games, nonfiction writing in terms of writing about their own personal interests and means of outstanding knowledge, in turn informing their audiences of the underlying premises behind them all. When it comes to essay homework assignments for school, I emphasize the importance of carrying out and then properly citing thorough research in my students' essay writing to help them better understand how to design and defend their thesis statement(s) with logical reasoning and acute evidence/examples to follow. The same holds true for self-promotion when helping my older students concoct cover letters for jobs and personal statements for their college applications accordingly. The more convincing and literate the writer can be, the higher a likelihood that their intended readers will sit up and take notice of their worth based on what they see firsthand on paper!

In a nutshell: practice makes perfect! The more a person writes, the better their literacy will improve over time!

"You can walk, you can talk, you can fight. But inside, you've got something to write."

--Pete Townshend/The Who, 1978

Answer 2

The answer to your question is simple: Read a lot and write a lot! The more you read, the more proper syntax will come naturally to you. (And it doesn't matter what you read!)

I also suggest listening to TED talks. How lucky we are to have the best speakers and teachers in the world available to us, and moreover their talks are brief, beautifully written and compellingly told..Exposure to these gems not only exposes you to proper syntax ,but will expands your general knowledge..

And finally when it comes to writing, you will find your voice the more you write, and the more you read aloud what you write,.

Finally you might enjoy knowing that when a successful writer speaks in public, someone always asks, "How can I learn to write?" Every writer gives the same answer, "Write!" That's about it. Sure there are lessons I share with my students that help their writing become more authentic but the act of writing itself is your best teacher of all!

Answer 3

Syntax, logic, and voice are all related. Syntax is the arrangement of words in orderly sentences. Sentences also need to flow logically from one to another. Voice is the special quality of a particular writer, which is related to a writer's individual style.

It is useful for a student/writer to read his/her work aloud. If the sentences do not "sound right," the writer needs to recast them. Obviously if sentences do not logically flow, the writer needs to work on transitions. "Voice" is the particular aesthetic quality of a specific writer and can actually heard, if the work is read aloud.

My point is that by reading their work aloud, students improve their syntax and logical flow and so refine their individual voice.