Robin Talkowski’s Blog

Book Glutton!

In the meantime, I would love to have interested adults try this site and share your thoughts.  Signing up is free as are some of the books.  I know I will be starting with a free book.  Try it out.  Please let me know about your experiences.

An author chooses great descriptive words and powerful verbs to help her writing “come alive” and help the reader visualize what s/he is reading about.  Often students have difficulty evaluating their own writing.  It is difficult to see their own writing as another reader will view it.  Wordle comes to the rescue!  In creating a “word cloud,” students quickly spot overused words and “dull” words.  Moreover, students enjoy seeing their writing in a Wordle and do not gripe about this phase of the editing process.