Writing Skills Activities For Special Children

by Mannix, Darlene

• ISBN13: 9780787978846
• ISBN10: 0787978841
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-12-27
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

Now available in lay flat, paperback edition, here's the book you need to help elementary students with special needs develop basic writing skills, relate writing to real-life tasks, and explore writing as a creative, enjoyable event! The book includes 135 step-by-step lessons and 269 illustrated activity sheets. It moves from copying words and completing sentences to processing the writing reports and stories, from filling out necessary forms to taking class notes, writing a letter, and addressing an envelope. For quick access and easy use, the lessons and activities are organized into four sections: Writing Words Writing Sentences Writing Paragraphs Other Types of Writing Activities

Author Biography

DARLENE MANNIX, B.S. Taylor University, M.A. Indiana University, has taught emotionally handicapped and mentally disabled, language disordered, and learning disabled children of all ages. She is an active member of the Council for Exceptional children, and Ms. Mannix is also the author of six other practical resources for special educators.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

Women and the Philosophical Canon:

Justifying the Inclusion of Women in Our Histories of Philosophy: The Case of Marie de Gournay

Feminism and the History of Philosophy

Pragmatism

Ethical Inquiries:

Ethics and Feminism

Moral Psychology

Feminist Bioethics: Where We’ve Been, Where We’re Going

Feminism and Disability

Political Perspectives:

Feminist Political Philosophy

Postcolonial Feminisms: Genealogies and Recent Directions

Lesbian Philosophy

Can Third Wave Feminism Be Inclusive? Intersectionality, Its Problems and New Directions

Knowing and Representing:

Feminist Epistemologies and Women’s Lives

Feminist Epistemology and Philosophy of Science

Feminism and Aesthetics

Feminism and Poststructuralism: A Deleuzian Approach

Author Index

Subject Index

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