1. Collins Method Type 1 - Capture Ideas: Brainstorming
T1 writing is timed
requires a minimum number of items or lines. 
Students skip lines – X marks the spot
Questions and/or guesses are permitted. 
When graded, evaluated with a check or a minus.

2. Type 2 - Respond Correctly:
Demonstrates that the writer knows something about a topic or has thought about the topic. 
T2 writing is a correct answer to a specific question. 
Students skip lines – X marks the spot
When graded, evaluated as a quiz. 
Students only do one draft (rough draft is final draft).

3. Type 3 - Edit for FCAs (Focus Correction Areas):
Has specific correct content
meets up to three specific standards called focus correction areas. 
It must be a completed the assignment
easy to read
Students skip lines – x marks the spot
meets the standards set by the FCAs. 
Revision and editing are done on the original draft.  
Students only do one draft (rough draft is final draft).

4. Type 4 - Peer Edit for FCAs:
T3 writing that is read and critiqued by another. 
This should be a second draft (T3 corrected and rewritten).

5. Type 5 - Publish:
Writing is of publishable (final draft) quality. 
This requires multiple drafts.
Typed double spaced
Complete paper

6. Other Notes All Collins writing skips lines
Each line is marked with an X
All types are labeled (Type I, Type II etc.)