Tranquility7 Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 What I mean by "products" is outlines, drafts, and final drafts. Do you keep them all? If so, how do you organize them? By project (outlines, drafts, and final for the same project all kept together) or by product (all outlines kept together, all drafts kept together, all final drafts kept together), or by something else? We currently use the "randomly shove into a binder method", but the disorganization is getting to us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freesia Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 What I mean by "products" is outlines, drafts, and final drafts. Do you keep them all? If so, how do you organize them? By project (outlines, drafts, and final for the same project all kept together) or by product (all outlines kept together, all drafts kept together, all final drafts kept together), or by something else? We currently use the "randomly shove into a binder method", but the disorganization is getting to us. I just keep final projects. Some years I make a nice notebook and some years I shove them in a folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweaver Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 We keep outline, drafts, and finished product in a page protector sleeve and store them in a binder. If the paper is really long we may use a page protector per paragraph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freelylearned Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 I three hole punch and staple everything together backwards from the order it was written. The final draft is on the top, rough draft next, then the outline, and finally any research notes or mind mapping. Then I stick it in a binder. The stapled packet of papers makes organizing easier for me. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenaInTexas Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 In one of those expandable folders that you can close; which is kept in their desks. We'll keep everything for about a year or so; bc a new assignment may be to take out an old assignment and finish it or make it better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Either in a folder or on the computer. Both do most of their writing on the computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica_in_Switzerland Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 I three hole punch and staple everything together backwards from the order it was written. The final draft is on the top, rough draft next, then the outline, and finally any research notes or mind mapping. Then I stick it in a binder. The stapled packet of papers makes organizing easier for me. This is what I would do if I were organized in any way, shape, or form. I think there's a lot of value in terms of judging progress over the years by looking at projects form start to finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALB Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 We just toss "prep" work like outlines, notes, and rough drafts. Final drafts are written into the composition notebooks that contain all the notebooking we do for all subjects. Composition notebooks are easy to save because they take up very little room and are so compact. These notebooks will be something they (and I) enjoy looking back at forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 My kids type so their file names for writing assignments have "name of work version/draft no" as they submit electronically to their teacher. So something like: Creative Essay Vacation Outline Creative Essay Vacation 1st draft Creative Essay Vacation 2nd draft Creative Essay Vacation Final Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourisenough Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 I three hole punch and staple everything together backwards from the order it was written. The final draft is on the top, rough draft next, then the outline, and finally any research notes or mind mapping. Then I stick it in a binder. The stapled packet of papers makes organizing easier for me.This is exactly what I do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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