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  • Introduction
    • Introduction
    • About This e-Learning
    • About the Method
    • Meet Kate
    • Taking the Never-Fail Road
    • Acknowledgements
  • The Never-Fail Method in a Nutshell
    • The Never-Fail Method in a Nutshell
    • The Steps
    • Why Does the Never-Fail Method Work?
    • One Student's Progress
  • Benefits of the Never-Fail Method
    • Benefits of the Never-Fail Method
    • Benefits for Learners
    • Benefits for Practitioners
  • Making the Shift to Positive-Only Feedback
    • Ignore Bad Writing
    • Failure Doesn’t Teach
    • Moving Away from Marking Errors
    • Alongside the Never-Fail Method
  • Many Cultures, Many Voices
  • The Never-Fail Method in Practice
  • Step 1: Learners Write
    • Learners Write
    • Keeping the Flow of Writing Going
    • Commenting on Learner Writing: Language Experience Approach (LEA)
  • Step 2: A Quick Proofread Together
    • A Quick Proofread Together
    • Missing Words
    • The Draft Goes to the Writing Group
  • Step 3: Prepare the Writing for Sharing
    • Prepare the Writing for Sharing
    • Why Share the Writing?
    • Sharing is Optional
  • Step 4: The Writing Group
    • The Writing Group
    • Learners Read Their Work
    • The Practitioner Gives Specific Positive Feedback
    • Kate Comments on the Writing
    • Equal Treatment
    • Making Comments
    • Details, Endings, Beginnings, Organization
    • Going Beyond “Good Work!”
    • Everyone Reads Their Favourite Sentence
    • How Does the Writing Group Improve Writing?
  • Step 5: The Advanced Writing Group
    • The Advanced Writing Group
    • Moving on to the Advanced Writing Group
    • The Format of the Advanced Writing Group
    • Learners Become a Panel of Judges
    • The Judges Report Back
    • Analyze the Medals
    • How Can the Medals Improve Writing?
    • Writing Opportunities That Involve Editing and Polishing for Real Occasions
  • What to Teach Outside the Writing Group
    • What to Teach Outside the Writing Group
    • End Punctuation
    • The Stages of Writing
    • Proofreading
  • Teaching Sentences and Punctuation
    • What is a Sentence?
    • The Complex Sentence
    • Punctuating Complex Sentences
    • Punctuation
    • The Thorny Question of Teaching Grammar
  • Finding the Joy
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