An edition of Writing to teach, writing to learn in secondary schools
(2006)
Writing to teach, writing to learn in secondary schools
by Susan R. Mondschein Leist, Susan M. Leist, and Pamila Marchewka-Cornwell
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"Writing to Teach; Writing to Learn in Secondary Schools is a comprehensive guide for high school teachers who want to use writing as a teaching tool in any discipline. It provides instructional materials for generating and structuring writing, guidance for developing writing assignments and for evaluating writing, and sample syllabi and assignments. This user-friendly and hands-on book enables teachers in all disciplines to develop the techniques and methods for effectively using writing as a teaching tool."--BOOK JACKET
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Study and teaching (Secondary), Report writing, Training of, Composition and exercises, English teachers, English language, Education, Teaching Methods & Materials - Language Arts, Higher, Education / Teaching, Teaching Methods & Materials - General, Curricula, Education / Secondary, Secondary, United States, Lernziel, High school, English language, rhetoricPlaces
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Writing to teach, writing to learn in secondary schools
2006, University Press of America
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0761835229 9780761835226
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Writing to Teach; Writing to Learn in Secondary Schools
July 28, 2006, University Press of America
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in English
0761835229 9780761835226
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Table of Contents
1. The writing process: creating the writing intensive course
2. Techniques of using writing to teach: Heuristic writing ; Seven principles of good teaching and WAC ; Suggestions for improving final student writing products ; Check work in progress ; Use a check sheet ; Use peer groups ; Suggestions for ungraded writing ; Uses for ungraded writing assignments and related benefits ; Structuring formal writing assignments ; Plan assignment objectives carefully ; Creating writing assignments
3. Generative heuristics: Free writing ; Sharing free writing ; Focused free writing ; Looping ; The nine-line composition ; Brainstorming/listing ; Clustering/webbing/mind-mapping
4. Structural heuristics: Definition ; Process analysis ; Classification/division ; Comparison/contrast ; Analogy ; Causal analysis ; The cubing heuristic
5. Student research: The "I-search" assignment
6. Evaluating student writing: Determining when and how to grade ; Grading strategies ; Some assessment options ; Understanding the domains of writing and their hierachy ; Preparing assignments carefully ; Evaluating the papers ; Dealing with errors ; Incorporating writing into pedagogy
Appendix A. Syllabi for writing intensive courses: I. COMM 332W: Contemporary issues in broadcasting ; II. NFS105: Food and people: interactions and issues ; III. BIO405: Organic evolution ; OEC 301W: Principles of occupational education
Appendix B. Some examples of writing assignments ; Generic writing intensive assignments ; Course specific writing intensive assignments
Appendix C. Forms and checklists ; A checklist for evaluating compositions ; Peer or teacher edit sheet ; Peer conference checklist ; Revision response checklist ; Portfolio evaluation
Appendix D. The domain scoring rubric ; Domains and features ; Domain scoring
Appendix E. Directions for generally used writing tasks ; Sample sets of directions for generally used writing tasks ; Tips for preparing a book review
Writing summaries ; The microtheme.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [129]-131) and index.
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