As students begin to plan:
- What are you planning to write about?
- How did you choose your topic? How can you narrow it?
- How and where can you gather ideas for your writing?
- Who will be your audience?
- What form could your writing take?
- How will you organize your ideas?
- What do you plan to do next?
As students are writing:
- How is your writing going?
- What else do you know about this?
- What do you plan to do next?
- Are you having any problems?
As students revise their writing:
- How do you plan to revise your writing?
- What kinds of revisions have you already made?
- Which part is your favourite? What part of this work do you think is the best? Why?
- What is the most important message that you are trying to communicate? Have you communicated that message?
- What are you trying to say here? Do you think it says (or shows) that message? Does this line make sense?
- What do you plan to do next?
- How has your partner helped you?
- What kind of help do you want from your writing group?
- What do you like best about your writing?
- How can I help you proofread your writing?
- Would you read this for me, please?
- Are you ready to make your final copy?
- If you were writing this composition again, what changes would you make?
- Do you think readers will like this work? Why? Why not?
- How is this piece of writing better than others that you have written?
General Questions:
- What do you like to write about?
- What kinds of writing are the most difficult for you?
- What would you like to improve upon in your writing?
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