More About Writing - Designing Student Assignments With Specific Steps

This book suggests ways to teach different modes of writing.

List of contents

Foreword
Introduction
Chapter One: Plan Now to Be Effective and Efficient
Chapter Two: Cultivate a Community of Writers
Chapter Three: Explore Grammars - Traditional and Contemporary
Chapter Four: Think on Paper - Writing in the Content Areas
Chapter Five: Tell It Like It Is: Inviting Informative Writing
Chapter Six: Make the Case - Writing to Impact Thinking and Acting
Chapter Seven: Verse Life Together: Reading and Writing Poetry
Chapter Eight: Entertain and Explore Life: Writing Short Stories
Chapter Nine: Dramatize It Write: Reviewing, Then Drafting One Act Plays
Afterword
Bibliography

About the author

Anna J. Small Roseboro, a National Board Certified Teacher has over four decades experience teaching in public and private schools, mentoring early career educators, facilitating leadership institutes. She was awarded Distinguished Service Awards by the California Association of Teachers of English and the National Council of Teachers of English.

Summary

This book suggests ways to teach different modes of writing.

Additional text

Anna Roseboro’s More about Writing is a comprehensive and effective guide to writing pedagogy. Her book is a text I definitely will use. Whether you are a veteran or a novice writing teacher, Roseboro’s storytelling approach will provide you with the wise advice you need to cultivate a writing community as well as the “how-to” on preparing and instructing the first few days of your writing classroom. Additionally, More about Writing is filled with practical artifacts writing teachers can use throughout the school year, including suggestions for scoring rubrics that are genre-specific!

Product details

• Authors: Anna J. Small Roseboro, Anna J Small Roseboro, Anna J. Small Roseboro
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9781475842791
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-4279-1
• No. of pages: 170
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Adult education; Education, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Language Arts / General, Teaching skills and techniques, Educational strategies & policy, Teaching skills & techniques, Teaching of a specific subject, Educational: Languages other than English, Educational strategies and policy, Educational: Language, literature and literacy, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / General, EDUCATION / Teaching / Methods & Strategies