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List of contents
1. Set the Stage for Writing.
2. Thematic Units and Lesson Plans.
3. Writing Assessment.
4. Grammar through Writing.
5. Revise and Publish.
6. Ideas into Words.
7. Expressive Writing.
8. Literary Writing.
9. Poetry.
10. Informative Writing.
11. Argument and Persuasion.
12. Report Writing.
Appendix A: MI Inventory for Adults.
Appendix B: Checklist for Assessing Students' Multiple Intelligences.
Appendix C: Sensory Character Illustrations.
Appendix D: Ways of Organizing Groups.
Appendix E: Suggestions for Lesson Focus.
Appendix F: Assignment Definitions.
Appendix G: Sager's Writing Scale.
Appendix H: Composition Profile.
Appendix I: For the Preservice Teacher: A Checklist for Persuasive Writing.
Appendix J: 140 Things to Wonder About.
Appendix K: Visual Aids for Research Reports.
Appendix L: Research Paper Procedures.
About the author
JANE HUGHEY and her husband, John, live in College Station, Texas, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. They have three children and two grandchildren. Jane has been involved with writing research and evaluation and the teaching of writing for several decades. She has authored books and articles about writing. She is the director of Profile Approach to Writing, a National Diffusion Network program in the U.S. Department of Education. Jane has worked with school districts in all parts of the country. She serves on the graduate faculty in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Texas A&M University. She has been active in establishing Writing Buddy programs and working with professional development programs for preservice teachers through EDCI. She is currently the director of the English Language Institute at Texas A&M.
CHARLOTTE SLACK earned her bachelor's and master's degrees from The Ohio State University. Drawing on her 25 years of experience in the classroom, she is the author of numerous articles and two books on writing. She currently teaches in College Station, Texas, and frequently presents writing workshops at schools and conferences. She and her husband, Doug, have two daughters and one grandson.
Summary
Best suited for undergraduate and graduate language arts methods courses that focus on writing, this text is designed for elementary, middle school and junior high level preservice teachers.
All chapters in this comprehensive text are heavily supported by research from the earliest masters of the writing process to the most recent authorities in the field. That research is translated into practical workshop application. A strong reading-writing focus connects reading and literature with the unique components and competencies of learning how to write. Each chapter stands alone as a self-contained unit for study and discussion, allowing instructors to customize the text to best suit the needs of their courses.
