ACTS OF TEACHING: How to Teach Writing 2edition 2008

ACTS OF TEACHING: How to Teach Writing

By Joyce Armstrong Carroll and Edward E. Wilson.

Extensively researched and documented, this comprehensive and sophisticated teacher resource delves into the myriad aspects of composition and offers a number of models for instructing students of grades K“12 how to write effectively. Emphasizing writing as process rather than as product, the authors provide in-depth discussions of the latest developments in educational research and theory and incorporate many new findings into their techniques for teaching writing.

In addition to covering the basic steps of the writing process”prewriting, writing, rewriting, editing, proofreading, and publishing”the book treats such specific topics as using genre to shape writing, collaborative learning, grammar, cognitive developmental theory, invented spelling, grading, brain theory, and cross-curricular instruction. Each chapter contains teaching methods, class activities, and scholarly articles with annotated commentary. Index. Bibliography. Appendixes. Illustrated.
501 pages. Second Edition. ©2008.


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