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Using Art to Teach Writing Traits
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Klein, Jennifer; Whitehead, Elizabeth Stuart – National Art Education Association, 2018
Children can become better communicators by expressing their thoughts, feelings, and ideas. Effective communication through speech or writing enables children to successfully convey their messages. When teaching writing to children, educators often look to writing traits--ideas, organization, word choice, voice, sentence fluency, conventions--to…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Art, Integrated Activities, Teaching Methods
Real Revision: Authors' Strategies to Share with Student Writers
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Messner, Kate – Stenhouse Publishers, 2011
How do you show students that revision is more than a classroom exercise to please the teacher? Take them into the real world of writing for publication. In Real Revision, award-winning author and teacher Kate Messner demystifies the revision process for teachers and students alike and provides tried-and-true revision strategies, field tested by…
Descriptors: Writing for Publication, Mentors, Revision (Written Composition), Writing Instruction
Beating the Odds: Getting Published in the Field of Literacy
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Wepner, Shelley B., Ed.; Gambrell, Linda B., Ed. – International Reading Association (NJ3), 2006
Writing for publication is not easy, but getting published is an essential part of professional development. Whether a novice or an experienced literacy writer, a K-12 teacher, or a university-level educator, writers will benefit from the insights in this book. The editors have organized the book into four sections that offer guidelines for: (1)…
Descriptors: Writing for Publication, Literacy, Collaborative Writing, Journal Articles
Successful Publishing in Scholarly Journals. Survival Skills for Scholars, Volume 11.
Thyer, Bruce A. – 1994
This guide presents a view of how to develop a personal program of productive publishing in scholarly journals and how to increase the chances of having articles accepted for publication. In the first chapter, the importance for academics of publishing articles in professional journals is explained. Chapter 2 outlines factors that should be…
Descriptors: Editing, Faculty Publishing, Higher Education, Marketing
Doing Academic Writing in Education: Connecting the Personal and the Professional
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Richards, Janet C.; Miller, Sharon K. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2005
This clear, reader-friendly book is carefully designed to help readers gain confidence and acquire competence in their academic writing abilities. It focuses on real people as they write and actively involves readers in the writing process. The authors' innovative approach encourages reflection on how professional writing initiatives connect to…
Descriptors: Writing Attitudes, Personal Narratives, Editing, Writing Ability
New Ways in Teaching Grammar. New Ways in TESOL Series: Innovative Classroom Techniques.
Pennington, Martha C., Ed. – 1995
This book includes 85 ideas for the teaching of grammar, contributed by teachers of English as a Second Language from varied countries. The ideas are organized in 10 sections that include specific aspects of grammar and grammar topics at the discourse level. These include: noun phrases and clauses (adjectives and nouns, articles, subject-verb…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Adverbs, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
Material Writer's Guide.
Byrd, Patricia, Ed. – 1995
This guide is a collection of essays on the writing of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) textbooks and other instructional materials. Articles include: "Writing and Publishing Textbooks (Patricia Byrd); "The Craft of Materials Writing" (Fraida Dubin); "Considering Culture: Guidelines for ESL/EFL Textbook Writers" (Gayle Nelson); "Issues in the…
Descriptors: Authors, Copyrights, Course Content, Cultural Awareness