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The Bridge to Real Writing: Teaching Editing Skills.
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Butler, Sydney – English Quarterly, 1983
Discusses how writing instruction can help students move from the expressive writing typical of first drafts to writing that can be presented to discriminating audiences. (MM)
Descriptors: Editing, Feedback, Peer Evaluation, Prewriting
Some Rules for Good Simulations.
Rowe, Neil C. – Educational Computer, 1981
Provides a checklist of stylistic elements to consider when writing simulation programs for use in computer assisted instruction. Subtopics include setting simulation parameters, questioning the user, displaying the results, and overall simulation organization. (JJD)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Editing, Evaluation Criteria
Georgia Middle Grades Writing Assessment and Instructional Guide.
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Bass, Bill; Brigman, Donna; Brooks, Gordon, Jr.; Edgar, Laurie; Melton, Mark; Rumbaugh, Will – 1999
This guide to the Georgia Middle Grades Writing Assessment (MGWA) serves the purpose of improving writing and writing instruction. It includes a description of test administration conditions, a sample test booklet, and a structured overview of the writing assessment. Prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and proofreading are explained in the…
Descriptors: Editing, Middle Schools, Prewriting, Proofreading
Staffroom Interchange.
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College Composition and Communication, 1981
Offers three techniques for helping students learn to revise entire pieces, discover how words work in context, and eliminate errors. (RL)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, College English
Teaching Children To Write, K-8: A Complete Guide to Developing Writing Skills.
Hillerich, Robert L. – 1985
Intended for teachers of kindergarten through grade 8 who want to improve their students' writing skills, this book is based on existing research findings to serve as a practical guide to procedures, methods, and skills essential for the development of proficiency in written expression of all kinds. The book includes practical, research-based…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Editing, Elementary Education
Writer to Writer: How To Conference Young Authors. The Bill Harp Professional Teachers Library Series.
Thomason, Tommy – 1998
Written for the busy teacher, this book examines classroom writing conferences, one of the most talked about and least practiced strategies in the writing process classroom. Each brief chapter introduces a different facet of the writing conference or the philosophy and classroom practice that undergird it, and each chapter ends with a…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Editing, Elementary Education
Writing Clearly: Responding to ESL Compositions.
Bates, Linda; And Others – 1993
The guide offers instructors a system for responding to their English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students' writing, and is designed to accompany an ESL student guide to editing. It include information on how to: respond as a collaborator and constructive critic; respond to content; respond to sentence-level errors; assign grades; help students…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Editing, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language)
Writing for New Readers: A Book on Follow-Up Books. Workshop.
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Bhola, H. S. – 1981
The monograph presents the writing of suitable "follow-up" books for new adult readers in developing countries in the dual context of lifelong learning and of support for development by communication. It presents writing for new readers from the perspectives of high level policy makers, reading materials specialists in ministries and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Developing Nations, Editing