Ch 3 Gilmore

Its pretty funny that I already do abreviations when I revise others writing or even proofread my own stuff. I don't use that many but the one I do use, that could even not be considered an abbreviation is a ? I write it everywhere... I'll write it when I don't have any clue what your talking about, when theres no transition, or when I will write a alternative sentence or word into the space I marked or crossed off. I had to explain to my last victim, who wasn't an english major, what the questions marks meant. I realized I wasn't specfici just as Gilmore claims in the first couple paragraphs of chapter three.
I also liked that he says you really do need an explain of what "good work" looks like. Not something professional, but maybe, just like he did, an example of a former students work that is "accessible, familiar and it works" as he says. Marking what works and discussing why it works will give students examples of what they can do and can't, especially on a college essay.
I loved instead of having just a couple students answer, either sharing in pairs or every student reading a passage outloud and instead of someone else raising their hand like gilmore suggests, that same person could add something FIRST, so that everyone has a chance to consider this example of writing.