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Sedgwick, Ellery – Journal of Developmental Education, 1989
Discusses alternatives to formal grammatical analysis to teach syntax and usage, including sentence combining, expansion, and modelling/imitation; transformation exercises; and inductive grammar. Considers ways of teaching editing/proofreading skills, including peer editing, teacher/student conferences, and selective marking of errors. Discusses…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Nontraditional Education, Postsecondary Education, Syntax
Hampton, Sally – 1989
This teachers' guide responds to some of the more frequently asked questions about teaching and evaluating from Kindergarten through Grade 5. The document is a synthesis of the current research on writing and applies this information to the teaching of writing in the classroom. It is comprehensive in nature and addresses such subjects as…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Intermediate Grades, Primary Education, Spelling
Proett, Jackie; Gill, Kent – 1986
Intended for English teachers early in their careers and for teachers retraining to teach English, and applicable to English/language arts classrooms across all grade levels, this guide offers practices drawn from classroom experience and from writing project experience that implement a tenable, successful theory of learning to write. The…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials, Prewriting
Sears, Peter – Teachers and Writers Magazine, 1986
Reviews a book entitled "Secret Writing: Keys to the Mysteries of Reading and Writing" and presents exercises from the book that are designed to improve students' reading and writing skills. (DF)
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Instructional Materials
Wright, Anne – 1986
The use of microcomputers as word processors for writing papers is commonplace in English departments, but there are many less well-known uses that English teachers can make of the computer. For example, word processing programs can be used to teach sentence combining. Moving text on the screen is very easy, so it is possible to rearrange words or…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Computer Assisted Instruction, Instructional Materials, Microcomputers
Michaels, Sarah; Bruce, Bertram – 1989
This report argues for and illustrates an approach to the study of writing in school settings that integrates ethnographic analysis of classroom interaction with linguistic analysis of written texts and teacher/student conversational exchanges. The report explores the relationships among classroom contexts, computer-based innovations, writing…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Computer Assisted Instruction
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1986
Intended to provide the schools of California with a standard for assessing their existing writing programs and a tool for designing new programs, this handbook addresses both the content and the teaching methodology of a writing program. Sections of the handbook provide (1) background information on the teaching of writing; (2) a discussion of…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design, Elementary Secondary Education, English Curriculum
Calder, Boni; And Others – 1987
The result of the collaborative efforts of seven writing instructors and based in part on the Bay Area Writing Project, this writing guide is intended for teachers in grades one through six. In the first part, the first of four sections suggests instructional techniques and activities, includes student writing samples, and defines the writing…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Drama, Elementary Education, English Curriculum