Revision Memos

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Have students review the section of the handbook on memos. After handing back drafts with your comments, have students come to the next class with a memo to you that summarizes your comments on their drafts and proposes a plan of revision. Not only will students get practice with practical forms of writing, but you’ll also be able to make sure that they understand what you’re asking them to do in your comments.
About the Author
Barclay Barrios is an Associate Professor of English and Director of Writing Programs at Florida Atlantic University, where he teaches freshman composition and graduate courses in composition methodology and theory, rhetorics of the world wide web, and composing digital identities. He was Director of Instructional Technology at Rutgers University and currently serves on the board of Pedagogy. Barrios is a frequent presenter at professional conferences, and the author of Emerging.