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How to Teach Style Without Becoming Public Enemy #1. How most students view writing teachers. She’s giving us a bad rep. How do you teach style in writing to students who don’t read?. FASHION. Every teenage knows and cares about it .
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How do you teach style in writing to students who don’t read?
FASHION • Every teenage knows and cares about it
Everyone has an opinion about fashionFashion sense can be judged.
Trick or treat?(If only the Olsen twins would eat some candy!)
No matter what the style, constraints exist • Rules and guidelines help achieve “that look”
How to Dress Goth for a Casual Party • You don't want to go through your serious regimen if you're just going to a coffee bar with a few friends- but how can you let your personal style shine through without going over the top? • [edit] Steps • Get dressed in all your inner layers of clothing. This means comfortable underwear, a step above what you'd lounge around in, stockings or hose if you want and a long-sleeved shirt for cold weather. A base colour for the shirt, like black or dark red, is good. If you want to show off gloves or arm-warmers, feel free to cut the sleeves back to halfway. • Think about what you want to wear on your legs. Bondage pants are fine for pleasant weather, but if it is very cold you should layer something underneath if there are metal parts that touch the skin. Any other pants you want to wear, or an attractive skirt, will be fine. Just keep to a muted colour scheme, unless you like contrast very much. • Look through your tee shirt collection. Pick a band tee for something that isn't completely mallgoth- for example, please wear your E Nomine tee instead of- or, over- your Nine Inch Nails shirt. If you choose a particular character tee or cartoon character, you might want to choose a major color from the image and use it with your accessories. For example, a GIR tee may warrant your horrible acid green earrings. Or not. • Add gloves, bracelets, legwarmers, and super-special sox. • Go do your hair. If necessarily, recoat your nails in a clear topcoat, or repaint them if they look ragged. • Do your makeup properly (see related wikiHows). Don't upstage your clothing by wearing black lipstick, kei eyeliner, red contacts and the dangly skull nose ring just yet- keep it understated yet still entirely visible. If you're not going for kinderwhore, keep your nails away from your face. You'll smear, scratch and ruin it all. • Lace up your boots, grab your bag and go. Don't zip or lace your boots with made nails. • [edit] Tips • Be careful to not overlayer during the summer, a warm spring or a warm winter. Remember, you're wearing mostly black. You will overheat. • With wet nails or particularly sticky lip makeup, you run the risk of glueing your hair to your face. Be careful. • If you are tring to downtone your make up some, a suggestion is a dark shade of red lipstick and a little less eyeliner, if possible.
Certain outfits are appropriate for certain occasions or audiences
How do students develop a personal style? • Imitation—magazines, mannequins, people watching
How do students develop a personal style? • Help from a salesperson, friend, or Yoda
Be selective in your choice of mentor!Remember, we do NOT want the students to think of us like this.
When commenting on an essay’s style, . . . . • Start off with something positive • Do not overlay your own style onto a student’s essay • Don’t use red ink • Make sure your critique deals with previously aspects of essay (so the student knows that grade reflects the essay’s mastery of skills, not essay’s style)
Tighten that writing—but don’t change the essay’s essence • It was already getting kind of dark when James was picked up by his dad in his truck for the ride home to his house. James turned in his seat and looked at his dad in the dim light of the dashboard for a feel of his mood. James didn’t care for what he saw because he took his dad’s rigid jaw to be a sign of tension probably because of another bad day at his dad’s job. James knew his dad was hated by his boss because of that time at the party. James wondered how his dad’s day had been and if he would read to him from his story book tonight or if his dad would just take the newspaper into his bedroom straight from the table and want to be by himself. James didn’t know but he made up his mind to be extra helpful for his mom in case his dad was sad so she wouldn’t cry again tonight.
Group Work • Decreases stress level—writing is stressful enough • Students learn from each other
Not everyone will be a good writer, but you can still love her.
