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Hailey, Jack – 1978
Intended for elementary school teachers in all subject areas wanting to learn more about what is known concerning the teaching of writing, this book summarizes numerous presentations made over the past four years by the many teacher/consultants working with the Bay Area Writing Project. Following introductory materials, the first section of the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Education, Holistic Evaluation
Langer, Judith A.; Applebee, Arthur N. – 1987
In the belief that effective writing instruction can be a critical component in successful learning, and to better understand the role that writing plays in content area learning, this book presents an extensive study of writing assignments in the secondary school curriculum. Following an introduction, the book provides an overview of the project,…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Content Area Writing, High Schools, Reading Writing Relationship
Camp, Gerald, Ed. – 1982
Each written by a classroom teacher and based on the experience of that teacher working with his or her students, the articles in this collection are an extension of the Bay Area Writing Project assumptions. Many contain samples of writing done by students in response to the writing tasks described. After a preamble that discusses what is already…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Elementary Secondary Education, Expository Writing, Higher Education
Rossi, Lillian – 1982
This book records activities of a New York City Writing Project seminar and the writing of some of the 35 students in it. The account reflects how the students wrestled with different points of view, learning how to respond in writing groups and discovering themselves as writers in their process journals. Among the appendixes is a guide for…
Descriptors: Group Experience, Inservice Teacher Education, Learning Experience, Peer Teaching
Daniels, Harvey; Zemelman, Steven – 1985
Intended for curriculum directors, English or language arts chairpeople, and administrators, this book is designed to illuminate the common beliefs and procedures of the National Writing Project, which have been developed with the support of Title IV-C of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and state and local resources, by offering a…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Expository Writing, Higher Education, Program Evaluation
Burrows, Alvina Treut; And Others – 1984
Based on the authors' classroom work and observations since the 1930s, this book is intended to help teach children to write correctly and, at the same time, help them learn to enjoy writing so much that they will want to continue writing throughout their lives. The book offers classroom teachers, school library media specialists, curriculum…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education
Caplan, Rebekah; Keech, Catharine – 1980
A training program designed to teach high school students to be specific in their writing is described in this booklet. The first section of the booklet explains the three stages of the program: (1) daily practice in translating a "telling" sentence into a "showing" paragraph; (2) application of "showing" writing to…
Descriptors: High Schools, Program Descriptions, Sequential Learning, Skill Development
Chew, Charles R. – 1983
Resulting from a summer workshop concentrating on the writing of elementary school children, this booklet begins by reviewing a number of articles read and discussed by workshop participants. The second section, drawing upon the work of Sheila Schlawin, focuses on the composing process and answers a number of questions that teachers have about…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Education, Lesson Plans, Program Improvement
Belanoff, Pat, Ed.; And Others – 1991
This book provides a theoretical underpinning for the strategy of freewriting through a collection of 16 essays that are very diverse in focus, methodology, and point of view. The essays are as follows: "Recording and Transforming: The Mystery of the Ten-Minute Freewrite" (Sheryl I. Fontaine); "Freewriting: An Aid to Rereading…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Creative Writing, Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education
Kitagawa, Mary M.; Kitagawa, Chisato – 1987
Based on eight months of observation in Japanese classrooms, this book describes a Japanese technique of writing instruction, called "seikatsu tsuzurikata" (life experience composition), and shows how it can be successfully incorporated into American classrooms. A foreword by Kenneth S. Goodman focuses on the technique's importance both…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Curriculum Research, Developed Nations, Educational Theories
Marik, Ray – 1982
This book recounts the struggles and successes of one Seattle School District secondary school composition teacher guiding special education students through the writing process. The nine students had an IQ range of 59 to 109 and had an age range of 14 to 17 years. Of the students assigned to this class: one was neurologically impaired; one was…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Learning Activities, Learning Processes, Mainstreaming
Bean, Wendy; Bouffler, Chrystine – 1987
Specifically intended to address the teaching of spelling, this description of an elementary school program in Australia deals with many of the pedagogical problems that arise in whole language classrooms, and suggests ways for teachers to integrate a process approach to spelling with process writing to create a total language program. Following…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Individualized Instruction, Process Education