Acts of Teaching

by Carroll, Joyce Armstrong; Wilson, Edward E.

• ISBN13: 9781563080395
• ISBN10: 1563080397
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-05-15
• Publisher: Teacher Ideas Pr

Summary

Comprehensive, innovative, and practical, this text offers educators a powerful approach to teaching writing. Rather than have students perform repetitive exercises, it focuses on engaging students in grappling with words and experiences to make meaning. Such topics as the paradigm shift from product to process; an overview of the writing process; teaching prewriting and how to shape writing; examining genres; collaborative learning; classroom management strategies; grammar within the writing process; proofreading, editing, and publishing; cognitive developmental theory; developmental writing and spelling; brain theory; research; assessment and grading; the reading/writing connection; and writing across the curriculum are covered. Grades K-12.

Author Biography

JOYCE ARMSTRONG CARROLL is a director of the New Jersey Writing Project in Spring, Texas. She has taught almost all grades in her 33-year career. She was Professor of English and writing at McMurry University and received the Outstanding Educators in America award.EDWARD E. WILSON is a director of the New Jersey Writing Project in Spring, Texas. He has taught at elementary and secondary school and junior college levels.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction: A Parable
The World of Chance: The Product/Process Paradigm Shift	p. 1
An Overview of the Writing Process: Prewriting, Writing, Postwriting, Editing, and Publishing	p. 30
Let the Process Learn: Teaching Prewriting	p. 64
Bringing Order Out of Chaos: Teaching How to Shape Writing Using Genre	p. 101
Collaborative Learning: Strategies for the Writing Group, Writing Conference, and Writing Debriefing	p. 149
Grammar Within the Writing Process: Teaching How to Correct Writing	p. 184
Grammar Through Revision: Teaching Sentence Sense	p. 223
Grammar Through Reformulation: Teaching the Paragraph	p. 246
Finishing the Piece: Proofreading, Editing, and Publishing	p. 279
Learning How to Learn: Cognitive Developmental Theory	p. 307
In the Beginning: Studying Developmental Writing and Invented Spelling	p. 341
Understanding the Neuropsychological Processes: Brain Theory	p. 377
Research: The Truth About Inquiry	p. 420
Assessing Writing: Ways to Grade, Test, and Evaluate	p. 450
Learning Through Writing: Teaching Writing Across the Curriculum	p. 472
Appendix A: Sample Analytic Scales	p. 513
Appendix B: Partial List of Models to Use With Students	p. 517
Index	p. 527
About the Authors	p. 546
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