Discover an innovative, evidence-based method for preparing students for the demands of college writing called Supporting Strategic Writers (SSW). The goal of SSW is to help students become independent learners who understand the value of strategies and can apply them flexibly in future courses and the workplace. The text provides genre-based ......
"It is all too easy to skip steps or assume that students already have certain skills. This book helps ensure that the proper steps are taken to allow EL students to be successful in various genres of writing." -James Becker, ELL Teacher/Administrator Toronto, ON, Canada "I felt as if I had taken an entire writing course just by reading this book!" -Rachel A. Mederios, ELL Teacher/Program Supervisor Jefferson Elementary School, Boise, ID Provide solid writing instruction to English learners! Exposing students to various genres of written text is one of the most powerful approaches to guiding development in writing. This resource helps teachers combine explicit and intentional strategies to facilitate writing development across genres for English learners in Grades 2-8. Based on the author's extensive experience as a writing instructor, this guide provides a unique approach that emphasizes using choice and students' personal experiences to engage English learners in writing. Chapters outline a variety of scaffolds that provide students with the targeted help they need, based on their current development and proficiency. These supports allow teachers to work with students as they analyze elements of written text, work alongside peers, and learn to write in different genres. Teachers will find: Resources for teaching narrative, expository, and persuasive writing and poetry Techniques for using the process writing model to lead students through pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing their work Reproducible graphic organizers for use with English learners Samples of student work Writing Instruction for English Learners is rich in proven, practical techniques to equip educators with the tools they need to guide English learners to write more skillfully.
Literature and the Liberty of the Press in Eighteenth-Century Britain
Building upon his previous work on the emergence of ""literature,"" Trevor Ross offers a history of how the public function of literature changed as a result of developing press freedoms during the period from 1760 to 1810. Writing in Public examines the laws of copyright, defamation, and seditious libel to show what happened to literary ......
Writing in Bereavement is a practical creative handbook that will assist counsellors, volunteers and others in their work with bereaved adults. Writing is a powerful outlet for the emotions that accompany grief and it is therefore a valuable therapeutic tool to help those who are bereaved communicate their experiences and adjust to ......
In the late 1970s, Brazil was experiencing the return to democracy through a gradual political opening and the re-birth of its civil society. Writing Identity examines the intricate connections between artistic production and political action. It centers on the politics of the black movement and the literary production of a Sao Paulo-based group ......
In Laura Boffa's book, Writing Home, she explores the early life of Thomas Wolfe, one of America's most famous writers and figures, from his childhood home in Asheville, North Carolina to his travels around the Midwest, and eventual return to Asheville.
Trauma and its aftermath pose acute problems for historical representation and understanding. In Writing History, Writing Trauma, Dominick LaCapra critically analyzes attempts by theorists and literary critics to come to terms with trauma and with the crucial role post-traumatic testimoniesnotably Holocaust testimoniesassume in thought and in ......
