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Download full textVillanueva, Victor, Ed. – 2003
This revised and updated resource contains a total of 43 essays that serve to initiate graduate students and more experienced teachers into the theories that inform composition studies. Under Section One--The Givens in Our Conversations: The Writing Process--are these essays: "Teach Writing as a Process Not Product" (Donald M. Murray);…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, College Students, Higher Education, Rhetoric
Peer reviewedEnglish Journal, 1989
Presents excerpts from eight of the many manuscripts received in response to a call for papers about whether other teachers could become like Nancie Atwell by reading her book "In the Middle." Results indicate that junior high teachers all over the country are emulating, adapting, and extending her methods. (RS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Journal Writing, Reading Instruction, Reading Processes
Villanueva, Victor, Jr., Ed. – 1997
Intended for experienced teachers of composition and for graduate student of composition studies, this collection of essays represents an overview of the last 30 years of composition theory--a near chronology of the profession's changes, from process to cohesion to cognition to social construction to ideology. The 41 essays and their authors…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational History, Higher Education, Student Needs
National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. – 2002
The ideas collected in this twentieth edition of "Ideas Plus" come from two sources: ideas submitted at an Idea Exchange session at a National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention or Spring Conference, and contributions by readers of "Classroom Notes Plus" and "Ideas Plus." Some of the teaching practices described in this book are…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Arts
Graves, Richard L., Ed. – 1999
More than a sourcebook, this fourth (and retitled) edition of "Rhetoric and Composition" celebrates the writing-teaching process, reflecting the best writing about the teaching of writing published during the 1990s. Of the 32 essays in the book, only 7 appeared in the earlier editions; 25 of the essays are new to this sourcebook. All essays were…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Childrens Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, Rhetoric
Gere, Anne Ruggles, Ed. – 1979
This collection of papers by participants in the Puget Sound Writing Project (Washington) includes discussions of ideas and strategies that have been used in classrooms and that are based on clear theoretical principles. The topics discussed in the nine entries are: writing as a process through which students discover what is on their minds,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Higher Education, Learning Activities
Peace Corps, Washington, DC. Office of World Wise Schools. – 2002
This collection of Peace Corps stories is designed for use by grades 7-12 language arts teachers. The collection is divided into two sections, (1) Peace Corps Stories; and (2) Curriculum Units. The first section contains nine Peace Corps texts around which the lesson plans are organized. Representing a variety of literary genres (personal…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Reader Response, Reading Comprehension, Secondary Education
Samway, Katharine Davies, Ed.; McKeon, Denise, Ed. – 1993
This text offers teacher accounts of teaching English to speakers of other languages (ESOL) in grades K-8 worldwide. Articles included are: (1) "Common Threads, Common Bonds" (Denise McKeon and Katharine Davies Samway); (2) "For a Brighter Future: SPEAK Project in Soweto" (Pippa Stein); (3) "The 'Essence of Sliding':…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, German
Hong, Zhang, Comp.; Smith, Carl, Ed. – 1990
Originally developed as part of a project for the Department of Defense Schools (DoDDS) system, this learning package on strategic thinking through writing is designed for teachers who wish to upgrade or expand their teaching skills on their own. The package includes an overview of the project; a comprehensive search of the ERIC database; a…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Distance Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Chew, Charles R., Ed.; Schlawin, Sheila A., Ed. – 1983
Intended for teachers and administrators, this collection of essays focuses on the dual meaning of practice--practice of writing skills, and teaching practices in composition instruction. The process section focuses on the types of activities that build composition skills. The product and program sections shift focus to professional practice, the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Peer Evaluation, Program Development, Program Evaluation
Nakamura, Caroline; And Others – 1984
Three contributions to a panel discussion on writing-across-the-curriculum at Kapiolani Community College (KCC) are presented. First, "Why Writing-Across-the-Curriculum: Background and Context," by Caroline Nakamura, reviews programs offered across the country, discusses the need for such programs given the decline in students' writing…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Content Area Writing, Curriculum Design, Interdisciplinary Approach
Saul, Wendy; And Others – 1993
This book highlights ways in which science instruction benefits from the perspectives of teachers committed to whole language. The introductory chapter starts from a viewpoint outside the classroom and seeks to identify overall patterns while the remaining chapters build from experiences in individual classrooms. This book assumes that teachers…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Elementary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Language Arts
Lanoue, David G., Ed.; Wilson, Vivian A., Ed. – 1988
This collection of essays is introduced by Paul Connelly, who focuses on how the essayists encounter problems boldly and recognize opportunity in them--the essays are less local reports of various successful process approaches to teaching writing than a record of the willingness to experiment, to take risks, to learn. The essays and their authors…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Students, College English, English Instruction
Brady, Philip L., Ed. – 1978
The four articles in this monograph are concerned with why it is important to teach composition and with identifying the characteristics of "good" writing. The first article presents an argument for a curriculum that stresses many kinds and purposes of writing so as to produce writers who respond with freedom and diversity to a variety of writing…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Motivation Techniques, Student Motivation
Olson, Carol Booth, Comp. – 2000
The concept of writing as process has revolutionized the way many view composition, and this book is organized by the stages of that process. Each section begins with a well-known author presenting specific techniques, followed by commentaries which include testimonials, applications of writing techniques, and descriptions of strategy…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, High Schools, Higher Education, Process Approach (Writing)
