Best Practices for Teaching Writing : What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do

by Randi Stone

• ISBN13: 9781412924610
• ISBN10: 1412924618
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-03-28
• Publisher: Corwin Pr

Summary

Join Randi Stone as she visits the classrooms of award-winning teachers to observe their tried-and-tested best practices for teaching writing to elementary, middle school, and high school learners in inclusive classrooms. Explore strategies for building student confidence and achievement in writing and language arts as Stone's teachers demonstrate how to use a reading and writing oasis; blend narrative and descriptive writing; create persuasive cover letters; use annotated bibliographies, autobiography, 'punny' valentines, five circles//five paragraphs; and much more. This book is packed with lessons that work and ideas that will expand the instructional repertoires of new and veteran teachers alike.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
About the Author	p. xi
About the Contributors	p. xiii
Anonymous Responses Enrich Learning	p. 1
Historical Fiction Using Scenario Groups and Annotated Bibliographies	p. 3
Five Circles, Five Paragraphs	p. 7
Reading and Writing Oasis Classroom	p. 11
Teaching...Profession and Passion	p. 13
Connecting Students to the World That Lies Ahead	p. 21
Writing Connections	p. 25
Verbs to Vocation: Using Spanish Verb Tenses to Create an Authentic Cover Letter	p. 29
Author's Purpose for Readers' Choice	p. 33
Punny Valentines: Creativity and Teamwork	p. 37
Being a Writer: A Tool for Improving Student Writing	p. 39
Published Poems and Stories Treasured Forever	p. 43
What's It Like to Be LD?	p. 47
Think-Talk-Write	p. 49
The "Art" of Merging Descriptive and Narrative Writing	p. 53
Writing the Wrongs: A Middle School Student Unravels the Knots of Her Life Through Writing	p. 57
Finding the Time to Write in Your Language Arts Curriculum	p. 61
We Write, You Read, We All Win for Literacy!	p. 65
"Small Moment" Stories: A Way to Improve Student Writing	p. 67
Writing in the Palm of Your Hand	p. 71
Walking the Introduction	p. 73
Writing Tools for the First-Grade Classroom	p. 77
Revitalize Your Teaching Through Collaboration and Integration	p. 79
Lifesaving Technique	p. 81
Teaching Writing With an Eclectic Approach Across the Curriculum	p. 83
Using a Work of Art as a Stimulus for Writing	p. 87
Making a Move	p. 91
Index	p. 95
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