Teaching Writing : Balancing Process and Product

This text is ideal for undergraduate or graduate courses in Elementary Language Arts where the focus is on writing or teaching writing. Using a process approach to writing, this text focuses on teaching strategies that will help children in grades K-8 use the writing process to develop and improve their writing skills and their writing products. It examines all major types of writing through a practical presentation that includes a wealth of children's authentic writing samples which helps bring the writing process to life.