NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Nebraska Department of Education, 2016
The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) Practice Guide, "Teaching Secondary Students to Write Effectively," offers educators three specific, evidence-based recommendations that address the challenges of teaching students in grades 6-12 to write effectively. This summary focuses on the first of the three recommendations: Explicitly teach…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Secondary School Students, Adolescents, Writing Strategies
Strange, Rebecca L. – 1988
A case can be made for teachers to use audience-oriented teaching strategies that encourage children to write for a wide range of readers. Even so, questions remain about how writers, especially student writers, actually learn to consider an audience of readers when they write. Research suggests that a developmental trend exists in which children…
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Audience Awareness, Classroom Environment, Educational Strategies
Peterson, Art – 1996
This book presents 113 writing "workouts" (exercises) to help students, and especially teachers, think about the small steps writers take as they learn their craft. The workouts in Part I, Writers Speak Up, are intended to help novice writers develop confidence in the value of their experience. Part II, Writers Pay Attention, presents challenges…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Usage, Revision (Written Composition)
Department for Education and Skills, London (England). – 2001
Developed for use in small groups, this unit focuses on developing the writing skills pupils need if they are to progress from Level 3 to Level 4 of England's National Curriculum. It is meant to supplement, but not to replace, the English curriculum for Year 7 pupils. The unit builds on the successful approaches of the National Literacy Strategy…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, British National Curriculum, Class Activities, Cohesion (Written Composition)
Department for Education and Skills, London (England). – 2001
Adapted for whole class use, this unit focuses on developing the writing skills pupils need if they are to progress from Level 3 to Level 4 of England's National Curriculum. It is meant to supplement, but not to replace, the English curriculum for Year 7 pupils. The unit builds on the successful approaches of the National Literacy Strategy in…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, British National Curriculum, Class Activities, Cohesion (Written Composition)
Simic, Marge, Comp.; Smith, Carl, Ed. – 1990
Originally developed as part of a project for the Department of Defense Schools (DoDDS) system, this learning package on making writing public is designed for teachers who wish to upgrade or expand their teaching skills on their own. The package includes an overview of the project; a comprehensive search of the ERIC database; a lecture giving an…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Distance Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education