The Writer's
Composition Workbench Toolbar (Word 2003 and earlier)
The Writer's
Analysis Workbench Toolbar
In Word 2007, WWB tools appear in ribbons. Although arranged a little differently than previous releases, the buttons on Word 2007 ribbons correspond to those buttons on the toolbars from previous releases.
Writer's Workbench Composition Ribbon (Word 2007)
Writer's Workbench Analysis Ribbon (Word 2007)
In a Writer's Workbench Lab, the Writer's Workbench
Toolbar (or ribbon in Word 2007) stands as a waiting Instructor's Assistant for students writing a composition
in Microsoft Word. Once the instructor in the classroom makes a composition assignment,
students, as they work on the composition or after they finish their drafts, only need to
click a Writer's Workbench Toolbar button -
to get information about their documents, to be alerted to possible needs for revision,
and to learn about the progress they are making in their writing skills
to work through interactive instruction that helps them understand the analyses and
enables them to make any needed revisions
to gain quick access to Word's Spell Checker, Thesaurus, and Word
Count functions
to hide
or reveal quotes, dialogues, and works cited from analyses
to locate, in compositions, words noted in
the analysis
to find subsequent occurrences
of words or phrases found by WordSearch
to
toggle between the composition and analysis
to insert additional information
and examples of how student authors might revise their compositions
based on the feedback provided by the analysis
to look up correct usage of over
800 commonly misused words and phrases
to format and print the
analysis to the default printer
to close the Writer's
Workbench analysis immediately
to find information about all elements in Writer's Workbench,
including word and phrase lists used by Vague, Abstract, Diction
Alerts, Words to Check, Negative, Transitions, and Introductory
Elements analyses
Writer's Workbench is an instructor's assistant, an assistant who goes
out of the classroom with students and individualizes instruction for each
student. If you are a member of an institutional customer (school, college,
university) and would like to preview Writer's Workbench free of charge,
click here to view our evaluation agreement.
Writer’s Workbench
Analysis Sets
The student only has to click the
button to get this menu.
Then, he or she clicks on the button for the desired program set to run the
analysis.
The Assessment Scores module displays statistics on 22 computer-quantifiable statistics. The 25 Writer's Workbench Analysis sets provide feedback on different ways to improve written text. The sets are grouped and positioned in an order from Content - Organization and Development, that is from the overall scope of the student's paper, to Punctuation, the proofreading kinds of detail. The Analysis Sets cover six areas.
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6.2 Pairs and Series 6.3 Comma, Semicolon, Colon 6.4 Possible Fragments and Long Sentences 6.5 Unbalanced or Misplaced Punctuation and Capitalization
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Document and Analysis If used in a writing lab, an identification line, which does not display on the computer screen, will print on each page as shown below. The Document Namecode and Student Namecode that the student must type as the first two lines of the document provide the information needed for the identification line on the printout of the analysis. Sample identification line (only seen on the printed analyses): Writer's Workbench Analysis * PBithos *
Tempest * 9/25/2002 9:45:46 PM * Page 1 of 1
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"MoreInfo" All 25 Writer's Workbench Analysis sets provide helpful additional information that guides the author in revising his or her composition. A second push of the
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STEPS Selection Menu Each STEPS program describes the information provided in an analysis and, in a two-column presentation, provides instruction in the left column and activities/exercises in the right column. These instructional programs prepare the student to identify whether or not revisions are needed and enable the student to make needed revisions. All of the 29 STEPS programs are read-only files; therefore, whatever the student enters in the program will be deleted when the program is closed. However, if the instructor makes an assignment of a program, the student may print the file with his or her responses in the printout. The programs may, also, be saved to the student's diskette. The STEPS exercises cover the same six areas covered by the analysis sets. |
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TOOLS
Other tools included with Writer's Workbench:
WordUse
WordSearch, FindNext, and
<Doc-Analysis>
Analyzing a portion of your
Composition
Hiding Quotes and Dialogues from Analyses
Easier-to-use Word's Spell Checker,
Thesaurus, and WordCount tools
Viewing WWB's Word Lists
Teachers strive to heighten their students' writing skills; Writer's Workbench supports teachers by providing students with individualized analyses and interactive instructional support as they write and revise their assigned compositions in Microsoft Word. Call us at (888) 366-8326 or send email to wwbinfo@emo.com today to learn how we can help you implement this amazing new instructional tool: Writer's Workbench.
Last modified 07/29/08
