The Art of Teaching Writing - Softcover

Calkins, Lucy McCormick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0435085050 ISBN 13: 9780435085056

Publisher: Heinemann, 1989

Synopsis

Discusses the motivations for writing and how teachers can make use of them in class, provides advice on teaching writing to each elementary grade, and covers writing conferences, the role of the teacher, and other aspects

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Review:

"An outstanding publication on the latest developments in writing instruction."-Language Arts ?An outstanding publication on the latest developments in writing instruction.?-Language Arts

About the Author:

LUCY CALKINS is founding director of the Teachers College Writing Project, a coalition of teachers, teacher-administrators, professors and writers, which provides professional sustenance and hope--roots and wings--to literacy educators across the country. Her celebrated Heinemann publications include: Lessons From a Child (1983),Living Between the Lines (with Shelley Harwayne, 1990), and The Art of Teaching Writing (1986,1994). Ms. Calkins has also developed The Writing Workshop videotape (produced by Shelley Harwayne and Alex Mitchell) and has written The Writing Workshop (with Shelley Harwayne, 1987) to accompany the videotape. Lucy Calkins is an active participant in Heinemann's Professional Development Services through Heinemann Workshops.

About this edition

• Publisher: Heinemann
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0435085050
• ISBN 13: 9780435085056
• Binding: Paperback