Do you have your students create a rough draft before they start their final project? When I taught middle school the kids always did. Now that I'm teaching at the elementary level, the upper levels students in grades 4 and 5 make one as their first step.
But there's one thing at any level that doesn't change about rough drafts at any level I'm teaching at. The kids always complain about making a rough draft. They just want to get to the project.
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What needs to be instilled in the kids is that rough drafts are the first step in creating. Working with a rough draft helps with the design process. It's pulling your thoughts together and working out all the kinks in your project. At least that's what I try to tell the kids. They think its just a lot of unnecessary work.
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The two biggest complaints from the kids about the rough drafts are either:
1. Their rough draft looks better then their final project. (Which does happen, because it's a rough draft and they're not that stressed and worried working on it, like they would be with a final draft.)
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2. They're afraid I'll take points off because their rough draft looks messy. ( They don't get the idea that a rough draft is where your suppose to get messy and work out your ideas. Messy rough drafts are a good thing!)
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What do you think? Do you have the kids make a rough draft? Are making rough drafts important to the design process? You can comment below.
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