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Direct linkRichards, Janet C.; Lassonde, Cynthia A. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2011
The 25 mini-lessons provided in this book are designed to develop students' self-regulated writing behaviors and enhance their self-perceived writing abilities. These foundational writing strategies are applicable and adaptable to all primary students: emergent, advanced, English Language Learners, and struggling writers. Following the SCAMPER…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Cues, Writing Strategies, Form Classes (Languages)
Keeney, Kris – 2000
This book features rhetorically-arranged activities and assignments that connect students' everyday lives to the writing process. The individual and group assignments in the book appeal to different student learning styles and encourage an interactive approach to writing. The text is divided into four main parts: The Narrative Essay; The…
Descriptors: Editing, Essays, Higher Education, Writing Assignments
Download full textGardner, Traci – 2003
The writing program described in this lesson plan asks students to look closely at their writing, marking speaking parts, and then to return to the beginning to find any places where the "characters clash." During the one 50-minute lesson, students will: explore paragraphing conventions for dialogue; examine their own writing closely…
Descriptors: Dialogs (Literary), Editing, Lesson Plans, Middle Schools
Kimbro, Michelle – 2003
Description can make a piece of writing come alive. This lesson plan combines art and word play, emphasizing writing for an audience while drawing on multiple intelligences. Peer review and feedback reinforces the revision process as students create trading cards by drawing pictures of monsters and describing and categorizing them in detail.…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Creativity, Editing, Educational Objectives
Adult Education Services, Johnstown, PA. – 1988
This set of materials for a cultural writing curriculum for adult basic education students (5-8 grade level) consists of a teacher's guide and student manual (videotape and an audiocassette complete the set). The materials are intended to develop the adult learners' writing and reading competencies through their active involvement with the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Cultural Background, Cultural Education, Curriculum Guides
Burenstein, Ben – 1995
Produced by a demonstration project that explored the use of speech synthesis and speech recognition in writing-based classes held by two Philadelphia literacy providers, this manual was developed for teachers who may wish to integrate speech synthesis into their curriculum. It contains a description of the technologies and activities that may be…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Agency Cooperation, Computer Software
Richards, Janet C.; Miller, Sharon K. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2005
This clear, reader-friendly book is carefully designed to help readers gain confidence and acquire competence in their academic writing abilities. It focuses on real people as they write and actively involves readers in the writing process. The authors' innovative approach encourages reflection on how professional writing initiatives connect to…
Descriptors: Writing Attitudes, Personal Narratives, Editing, Writing Ability
Kitao, Kenji – Doshisha Studies in Language and Culture, 2002
This paper presents information about World Wide Web resources for English language teachers and students and for communication scholars and researchers. The first Web page, "Reference Materials for Students and Researchers," offers links to resources in English. Because there are many Web sites related to dictionaries, a second page,…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Dictionaries, Editing, English (Second Language)
