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Start-Up Activity
Ask your students, "Have you ever been in an argument with someone, and you walk away only to think of the perfect reply too late? We've all had that experience. In fact, the French have a name for it. They call it 'Thinking on the stairs.' Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could go back to the argument and say exactly the right thing at exactly the right time?"
"That's what revision lets you do. It lets you go back to your 'arguments' and add in the exact thing you should have said, and cut out all of the things you wish you hadn't said. It lets you go back and rework ideas until they sound just right, and put things in a different order. When you revise, you take your best thinking and put it all in one place."
Think About It
“A sensitive man, such as myself, overwhelmed by the argument levelled against him, becomes confused and can only think clearly again [when he reaches] the bottom of the stairs. [L'esprit de l'escalier]“
—Denis Diderot
Start-Up Activity
Ask your students, "Have you ever been in an argument with someone, and you walk away only to think of the perfect reply too late? We've all had that experience. In fact, the French have a name for it. They call it 'Thinking on the stairs.' Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could go back to the argument and say exactly the right thing at exactly the right time?"
"That's what revision lets you do. It lets you go back to your 'arguments' and add in the exact thing you should have said, and cut out all of the things you wish you hadn't said. It lets you go back and rework ideas until they sound just right, and put things in a different order. When you revise, you take your best thinking and put it all in one place."
Think About It
“A sensitive man, such as myself, overwhelmed by the argument levelled against him, becomes confused and can only think clearly again [when he reaches] the bottom of the stairs. [L'esprit de l'escalier]“
—Denis Diderot
