1) I agree with “They Say/I Say” when it comes to how students learn to write. Students always learn from teachers how to state what they think, explain why they think that, and tell why their views are justified. It’s all persuasive writing. However, there are other people’s views to consider while writing your own. For writing to be truly effective, you need to include all these things plus why you’re saying them. You need to give the views of the opposer to make the reader fully understand where you’re coming from with your opinion.
2) I believe that using and practicing writing templates does not necessarily enhance the creative abilities of the writer, but it doesn’t not affect it. When using templates, students may develop a new style to introduce ideas or other’s ideas. I believe that it is very important to learn how to write differently than your normal style so that your writings will be more creative. As a creative writer, I enjoy looking at other people’s works to develop ideas of my own for writing structures. I then mold the structure to fit my own writing. You can easily do this with textbook templates and not hinder the creativity of your work, as you are changing the structure so it is not so uniform.
