<< 1 >>
Rating: 
Summary: Mini writer's course
Review: Exact and precise. The best short book on how to teach writing I've seen. I'm a literacy teacher and I ordered a copy for all 50 of my classroom and special teachers.
Rating:
Summary: Please do "Listen to This"
Review: Exact and precise. The best short book on how to teach writing I've seen. I'm a literacy teacher and I ordered a copy for all 50 of my classroom and special teachers.
Rating:
Summary: Easy to imitate, easy to understand
Review: If you want one of those vague teaching books that assumes that students already possess a wealth of information, then do not purchase this one. This book is one of those rare teacher's resources that actually work. In other words, your students will improve with these techniques. So, how does this book work?An essay, or article is scrutinized, with all significant features delineated. These features are labelled and explained in clear terms. Students are then asked to write a similar piece, which exhibit the same features. This is a boon for the weak student who strugges to construct a simple paragraph. If the article under consideration quotes an authority, then that is what the student must do. If alliteration was used the student must try to imitate and so on. Therefore, the student that has always complained that they do not know what to write finds a structure that they can reproduce. With passing months these features the poor student can utilize into constructing credible essays. The competent student leaps ahead with the knowledge that various structures can be memorised and applied when the inspiration is missing. A terrific book when you want results.
Rating:
Summary: Mini writer's course
Review: This book should be the textbook for "Teaching Writing" the course I wish I'd had in college. I only wish I could have found this book when I first started teaching in the primary grades. This book sums up the skills a teacher should include in teaching writing. Middle and high school teachers will find this book very appropriate for their students, too.
This book will even be helpful to me in my writing for graduate work. I feel like I finally have a grasp on the "whole picture" of writing. Other books by this author are equally good. I've read "Teaching the Youngest Writers," which is especially good for kindergarten and first grade teachers.
<< 1 >>
| 
