An analysis of errors found in writing samples by elementary school Mexican-Americans is presented. This study focused on errors that may be caused by speech patterns and language usage. Results are discussed. (Author/DF)

Proposes that student familiarity with the various kinds of documents produced in industry will reduce the shock of discovering the difference between writing for the classroom and writing for business and industry. (EL)

Reviews some of the available resources--films, videotapes, and textbooks--that support visual approaches to writing. (EL)

This article presents an analysis of errors found in writing samples produced by Black children in urban schools. Errors influenced by Black-English oral usage, hypercorrections, and morphologic errors influenced by Black-English speech patterns are focused upon. (Author/DF)

Presents a writing assignment that requires lawyers in a technical writing class to address the needs of a client who is unhappy with a lawyer and with the language used by the lawyer in a legal document. (FL)

Concludes that textual analysis with computers intrigues college writers and speeds learning of editing skills by offering immediate, reliable, and consistent attention to surface features of their prose. (HOD)

Offers teaching techniques and strategies for assisting remedial readers with word meanings and categorizing, junior high school students with vocabulary development, and middle grade students with letter writing. (HOD)

Shows how teaching sixth grade ESL students the story grammar of fairy and folktales enabled them to learn to express themselves in their own fiction writing. (FL)

The effects of a free-time contingency on the grammar skills of nine mildly handicapped students were investigated in this article. Use of free time was correlated with improved skills by all students. Problems and benefits of the procedures are discussed. (Author/DF)

Describes the difficulties that students have in language use in the areas of math, social studies, science, and English as reported by high school teachers in Saskatoon and rural Saskatchewan. (CRH)

Discusses various informal measures of writing proficiency. (FL)

The notion of integrating reading and writing in L1 and L2 literacy education is not new; however, only until recently has the reading-writing connection received enough attention and been implemented in the teaching of L1 and L2. This paper aims to search for the most current, up-to-dated, approach that best incorporates the idea of…

Standardized writing tests focus more on content than mechanics, but writing instruction typically focuses more on mechanics than content. Plot scaffolds, can help teachers fix the balance and help foster creativity and originality in students' writing. In this practical guide, elementary and middle school teachers will find: (1) a research-based…

Educators who teach students to write often teach students to create using the writing process. Students are encouraged to brainstorm topics, write a first draft, revise based on the response from a teacher or fellow student, proofread, and generate a final draft. Teachers maintain that students are often motivated by the use of technology to…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of self-assessment of writing processes versus products on the quality and quantity of EFL students' writing. The subjects for the study were 80 students enrolled in two classes in two general secondary schools in Menoufya School District during the 2001/2002 academic year. The two classes…