Writing to Learn

Writing to Learn
Author: William Zinsser
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2013-04-30
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0062244698

This is an essential book for everyone who wants to write clearly about any subject and use writing as a means of learning.

Targeting Handwriting

Targeting Handwriting
Author: Jane Pinsker
Publisher: Pascal Press
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2001
Genre: Penmanship
ISBN: 9781740202961

The Targeting Handwriting Teacher Resource Book includes: an eight week day-by-day Fine Motor Skills Program over 100 b lackline masters handwriting fluency pattern pages int roduction of lower and upper case letters three blackline maste r practice pages for each letter, both lower and upper case activities i n which students track, trace and draw their own letters a seah orse character to introduce positioning of letters within lines Handwriting is one of the most crucial skills students will develo p in primary school. Targeting Handwriting covers the handwriting curric ulum in a clear and structured way, with content directly linked to NSW syllabus outcomes. Writing is a vital, compelling form of communication. Children need to write every day, for a variety of purposes and for a v ariety of audiences. To be competent writers, their handwriting needs to be fluent and legible. The teaching of handwriting is an essential part of the writing curriculum.

Writing Across Distances and Disciplines

Writing Across Distances and Disciplines
Author: Joyce Magnotto Neff
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2009-03-04
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1135596778

Writing Across Distances and Disciplines addresses questions that cross borders between onsite, hybrid, and distributed learning environments, between higher education and the workplace, and between distance education and composition pedagogy. This groundbreaking volume raises critical issues, clarifies key terms, reviews history and theory, analyzes current research, reconsiders pedagogy, explores specific applications of WAC and WID in distributed environments, and considers what business and education might teach one another about writing and learning. Exploring the intersection of writing across the curriculum, composition studies, and distance learning , it provides an in-depth look at issues of importance to students, faculty, and administrators regarding the technological future of writing and learning in higher education.

Creativity and Writing Skills

Creativity and Writing Skills
Author: Kay Hiatt
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2013-10-18
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1134136102

Teachers, trainees and learning support assistants will find this lively and accessible book combines creativity with skills teaching to stimulate and improve children's writing, both at foundation and primary levels. Based on the concepts and objectives of the National Literacy Strategy (NLS), the content is well founded in experience, research and classroom application. Special features include advice on planning, linking to NLS objectives, and selecting texts; demonstration scripts for teachers to use in the classroom; annotated extracts from quality literature to help children read as writers; practical advice on strategies to use in guided writing; and examples of children's work that show how to assess the children's writing and set 'next step' targets. The authors show how you can use drama techniques, story stacks, artifacts and scenarios to engage children in writing, both in fiction and non-fiction, right across the curriculum.

Reference Guide to Writing Across the Curriculum

Reference Guide to Writing Across the Curriculum
Author: Charles Bazerman
Publisher: Parlor Press LLC
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2005
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781932559422

This reference guide traces the "Writing Across the Curriculum" movement from its origins in British secondary education through its flourishing in American higher education and extension to American primary and secondary education.

How to Teach Writing Across the Curriculum: Ages 6-8

How to Teach Writing Across the Curriculum: Ages 6-8
Author: Sue Palmer
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2010-09-13
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1136931244

Now in an updated second edition How to Teach Writing Across the Curriculum: Ages 6-8 provides a range of practical suggestions for teaching non-fiction writing skills and linking them to children’s learning across the entire curriculum. Providing a number of suggestions for teachers and putting emphasis on creative approaches to teaching children writing in diverse and innovative ways, it provides: techniques for using speaking and listening, drama and games to prepare for writing suggestions for the use of cross-curricular learning as a basis for writing planning frameworks and ‘skeletons’ to promote thinking skills information on key language features of non-fiction texts examples of non-fiction writing guidance on the process of creating writing from note-making. With new hints and tips for teachers and suggestions for reflective practice, How to Teach Writing Across the Curriculum: Ages 6-8 will equip teachers with all the skills and materials needed to create enthusiastic non-fiction writers in their primary classroom.