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The Better Writing Breakthrough: Connecting Student Thinking and Discussion to Inspire Great Writing
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Dougherty, Eleanor; Billings, Laura; Roberts, Terry – ASCD, 2016
Every teacher knows the challenge of trying to engage reluctant readers and struggling writers--students whose typical response to a writing prompt is a few sentence fragments scribbled on a sheet of paper followed by an elaborate shrug of the shoulders. The best way to engage less confident readers and writers is to give them something powerful…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Thinking Skills, Teaching Methods, Elementary Secondary Education
Teaching Writing in Middle School: Tips, Tricks, and Techniques.
Means, Beth; Lindner, Lindy – 1998
Introducing middle school students (grades 6-8) to the joy of writing, this book presents ideas, practical lessons, examples, games, and resources. Step-by-step guidelines and helpful tips for educators are combined with numerous writing and prewriting activities for students--from "braindancing" and "zoom lens" to "downhilling." The book is…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Editing, Educational Games, Intermediate Grades
Ease into Writing. Volume 1.
Lott, Carolyn, Ed.; Stone, Janet, Ed. – 1997
Addressing the expressed needs of the writing community, this book presents writing lessons for intermediate, middle school, and secondary school students that incorporate the 5-step writing process into content areas as a natural part of the curriculum. The 30 lessons in this book involve students in large and small groups and in individual…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Fairy Tales, Intermediate Grades, Lesson Plans
Teaching and Learning about Multicultural Literature: Students Reading Outside Their Culture in a Middle School Classroom.
Dressel, Janice Hartwick – 2003
This book shares the findings of a study of one teacher, Ann, and her eighth-grade classes of 123 readers who participated in a multicultural literature unit. A feature of the study was that the majority of the students were white--that is, the dominant culture--and studied novels representing nondominant cultures. The study's purpose was to find…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Cultural Awareness, Dialog Journals, Language Arts
Ease into Writing. Volume 2.
Lott, Carolyn, Ed.; Stone, Janet, Ed. – 1997
Addressing the expressed needs of the writing community, this book presents writing lessons for intermediate, middle school, and secondary school students that incorporate the 5-step writing process into content areas as a natural part of the curriculum. The 30 lessons in this book involve students in large and small groups and in individual…
Descriptors: Advertising, Characterization, Childrens Literature, Class Activities
Multicultural Literacy: Mirroring the Reality of the Classroom.
Diamond, Barbara J.; Moore, Margaret A. – 1995
Reflecting four years of work with teachers and students in culturally and linguistically diverse classroom settings, this book discusses theoretical and practical issues surrounding the development of literacy in multicultural K-8 classrooms. Emerging from a longitudinal study implemented in three school districts, the book integrates the…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cultural Awareness, Educational Technology, Elementary Education
Empowering Students by Promoting Active Learning in Mathematics: Teachers Speak to Teachers.
Buerk, Dorothy, Ed. – 1994
This book is a collection of essays by full-time classroom teachers who describe their efforts to implement the vision of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standards documents and to empower their students in mathematics. Chapter 1, "Students' Conceptions of Mathematics and the Challenge of the Standards" (Dorothy Buerk),…
Descriptors: Beliefs, College Faculty, Concept Formation, Content Area Writing