Writing Better: Effective Strategies For Teaching Students With Learning Difficulties

by Graham, Steven

• ISBN13: 9781557667045
• ISBN10: 1557667047
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-02-15
• Publisher: Brookes Pub

Author Biography

Karen R. Harris is Professor and the Currey-Ingram Chair in Special Education at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.

Table of Contents

About the Authors	vii
Section I The Power of Writing	1	(20)
Writing Uphill: Why Strategy Instruction Is Important	7	(6)
Writing Is a Dog's Life: A Guide to Writing Difficulties	13	(8)
Section II Strategies for Teaching Planning, Writing, and Revising	21	(18)
How to Teach Writing Strategies	23	(16)
Section III Writing Strategies that Can Be Applied Broadly	39	(42)
Please: A Paragraph-Writing Strategy	41	(6)
Plans: A Goal-Setting Strategy	47	(8)
Stop and List: Goal Setting, Brainstorming, and Organizing	55	(8)
The Peer Revising Strategy	63	(6)
The CDO Revising Strategy	69	(6)
Summarizing Written Text	75	(6)
Section IV Writing Strategies that Are Genre Specific	81	(52)
Story Writing	83	(12)
Persuasive Writing	95	(14)
Writing Explanations	109	(10)
Writing a Comparison/Contrast Paper	119	(8)
Report Writing	127	(6)
Section V Strategies for Self-Regulating and the Writing Process	133	(22)
Self-Monitoring	135	(10)
Goal Setting	145	(10)
Section VI Making It Work	155	(12)
Guidelines for Implementing Writing Strategy Instruction	157	(10)
References	167	(6)
Appendix: Sources of Quotes and Anecdotes	173	(2)
Index	175