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Burack, Sylvia K., Ed. – 1996
This handbook has been guiding writers through the writing process for many years, helping them every step of the way, from getting ideas to getting published. In 110 chapters, the revised and updated 1996 edition presents the practical side of how to write and sell novels, short stories, articles, nonfiction books, poetry, and drama. The 3,000…
Descriptors: Drama, Fiction, Independent Study, Information Sources
Cobine, Gary R. – 1995
Student journal writing can connect reading, writing, and discussing through activities that accommodate diverse learning styles and that further students' linguistic development. The various uses of journal writing can be incorporated into one compact student notebook. A notebook for an English class might consist of a dialogue journal as a…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Dialog Journals, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction
Bailey, Luke – 1993
A study examined use of prewriting techniques among 11 students of English as a Second Language (ESL), of varying language backgrounds, enrolled in a pre-freshman composition class. It investigated use of both prewriting strategies and invention techniques taught in class, looking at: (1) whether they would be used when not specifically required;…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Developmental Studies Programs, English (Second Language), Higher Education
Teague, Deborah Coxwell – 1998
A study examined whether students actually used the composition processes they learned in their first-year college writing classroom when they leave the classroom. Subjects were 200 Florida State University students--a mixture of freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors from a variety of majors during fall semester 1997. Subjects were asked to…
Descriptors: Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Process Approach (Writing), Retention (Psychology)
Hurley, John – 1999
This paper discusses parody as an effective pedagogical device and as a way of teaching recognition of, and appreciation for, form. If the subject parodied is in poetic form, then rhyme and rhythm become factors for the parodist to consider. If the subject parodied is in prose, then the parodist must address the techniques of narrative,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Parody, Poetry
Souviney, Randall; Miller-Souviney, Barbara – 1986
This guide discusses how computers can be integrated into the writing process. The guide includes sections on stages of the writing process (pre-writing, writing, response, revision, and recognition); letters from children using computers for projects and communication with other children; and a review of some word processors and writing tools.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Reviews, Elementary Education, Student Writing Models
Henning, Teresa – 1994
Peter Elbow's expressionist approach to rhetoric lacks the critical position that feminism requires. Expressionist rhetoric's focus on the personal does not make it a feminist rhetoric because its conception of the personal as well as its conception of itself as a rhetoric is uncritical and ignores the social context that subject positions,…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Cultural Influences, Discourse Modes, Females
Wrigley, Heide Spruck – 1991
Notes on evaluating the effectiveness of literacy programs are presented in outline form. An introductory section proposes that alternative assessment approaches focus primarily on providing meaningful feedback to learners and teachers and are useful in improving teaching. Part I addresses assessment of change in student literacy practices outside…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Educational Objectives, English (Second Language), Evaluation Criteria
Stanley, Linda – 1990
A writing across the curriculum program at Queensborough Community College in New York began its work on campus as Writing and Reading in the Technologies (WRIT) and chose to work with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET) department. The program's implementation was two-tiered. In Tier 1, over a period of three years, the WRIT…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Interdisciplinary Approach, Technical Writing, Two Year Colleges
Latham, Dorothy – 2002
This book outlines the processes involved when children learn to write, and it shows how certain strategies can improve children's progress in writing. Dealing with the age range 3-13, the book addresses issues of the gender gap, children with English as an additional language, and left-handedness. It includes ideas for assessment of writing. It…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, British National Curriculum, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education
Bass, Bill; Brigman, Donna; Brooks, Gordon, Jr.; Edgar, Laurie; Melton, Mark; Rumbaugh, Will – 1999
This guide to the Georgia Middle Grades Writing Assessment (MGWA) serves the purpose of improving writing and writing instruction. It includes a description of test administration conditions, a sample test booklet, and a structured overview of the writing assessment. Prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and proofreading are explained in the…
Descriptors: Editing, Middle Schools, Prewriting, Proofreading
Benander, Ruth E.; Roach, Timothy L. – 1995
This paper discusses the similarities in the difficulties that developmental writers and non-native English speakers/writers bring to the classroom and how this can influence instructors' choices of pedagogical strategies. The paper proposes a method of teaching that encourages teacher comfort with basic writing such that student work remains the…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, English Instruction, English (Second Language), Grammar
Woolley, Sandy – 1997
Based on the idea that good writing is developed with instruction, critique, and practice, this book, intended for teachers of grades 2-6, offers a comprehensive outline for guiding students to writing competence. For each month of the school year, the book gives sample daily sentences for primary and upper elementary grades, journal writing…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Grammar
Lynch, William Mark – 1998
A case study investigated the writing strategies use by high ability seventh graders (n=4) responding to explanatory tasks from the Maryland Writing Test (MWT), a state-mandated writing assessment. Central questions were: (1) what are the writing strategies elicited by the MWT?; (2) what evidence is revealed of participants' self-monitoring…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Construct Validity, Grade 7, Interviews
Angell, Christa – 2001
This action research project highlights the implementation of reading strategies that work for at-risk primary students. The targeted population consists of first grade students located in a suburban at-risk school. The dilemma of how to best teach children to read who are at risk for academic failure upon entering school has been documented…
Descriptors: Action Research, Grade 1, High Risk Students, Models
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