Lesson Plans for Teaching Writing - Softcover

Chris Jennings Dixon (editor)

 
9780814108857: Lesson Plans for Teaching Writing
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0814108857 ISBN 13: 9780814108857
Publisher: NCTE: National Council of Teachers of English, 2007

Synopsis

Edited by Chris Jennings Dixon, this collection of lesson plans, grouped around popular categories such as Writing Process, Portfolios, and Writing on Demand, will help prepare high school and college students for college-level writing.

Why do students often graduate from high school unprepared for college writing? And what can we do about it?

These are the questions that a group of classroom teachers set out to explore. Over the course of seven years, a group of middle, high school, college, and university teachers participated in a federally funded writing coalition project to implement innovative approaches to teaching writing. Together they developed this series of lesson plans designed to make writing both fun and an integral part of diverse curricula.

"Practical" is the recurrent motif of each teaching strategy. Each lesson follows a standard format that includes:

  • Purpose of the activity
  • Necessary preparation
  • Required props and materials
  • Process and procedure for implementation
  • Instructional pointers and/or possible pitfalls
  • Reflections from the teacher that provide "behind the scenes" insights


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About the Author

Edited by Chris Jennings Dixon, this collection of lesson plans, grouped around popular categories such as Writing Process, Portfolios, and Writing on Demand, will help prepare high school and college students for college-level writing.

Why do students often graduate from high school unprepared for college writing?

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
NCTE: National Council of Teachers of English
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0814108857
ISBN 13 
9780814108857
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
249