Full Description
Well established as a definitive text--and now revised and updated with eight new chapters--this book translates cutting-edge research into effective guidelines for teaching writing in grades K-12. Illustrated with vivid classroom examples, the book identifies the components of a complete, high-quality writing program. Leading experts provide strategies for teaching narrative and argumentative writing; using digital tools; helping students improve specific skills, from handwriting and spelling to sentence construction; teaching evaluation and revision; connecting reading and writing instruction; teaching vulnerable populations; using assessment to inform instruction; and more.
New to This Edition
Chapters on new topics: setting up the writing classroom and writing from informational source material.
New chapters on core topics: narrative writing, handwriting and spelling, planning, assessment, special-needs learners, and English learners.
Increased attention to reading-writing connections and using digital tools.
Incorporates the latest research and instructional procedures.
See also Handbook of Writing Research, Second Edition, edited by Charles A. MacArthur, Steve Graham, and Jill Fitzgerald, which provides a comprehensive overview of writing research that informs good practice.
Contents
I. Introduction
1. Evidence-Based Practices in Writing, Steve Graham & Karen R. Harris
II. Creating a Supportive Writing Environment
2. Setting Up the Writing Classroom, Linda Friedrich
3. Motivating Writers, Pietro Boscolo & Carmen Gelati
III. Writing for Different Purposes
4. Narrative Writing, Carol Booth Olson & Lauren Godfrey
5. Writing from Source Material, Michael Hebert
6. Argumentative Writing, Ralph P. Ferretti & William E. Lewis
7. Writing to Learn, Perry D. Klein, Katrina N. Haug, & Ashley Bildfell
8. Writing with Digital Tools, Rachel Karchmer-Klein
IV. Teaching Writing
9. Handwriting and Spelling, Rui Alexandre Alves, Teresa Limpo, Naymé Salas, & R. Malatesha Joshi
10. Sentence Construction, Bruce Saddler
11. Planning, Debra McKeown & Erin FitzPatrick
12. Evaluation and Revision, Charles A. MacArthur
13. Reading-Writing Connections, Timothy Shanahan
14. Assessing Writing, Joshua Wilson
15. Instruction for Students with Special Needs, Amy Gillespie Rouse
16. Instruction for English Learners, Adrian Pasquarella
Index
