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Writing and Learning in the Business Classroom: The Workshop Approach
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Fernsten, Linda; Fernsten, Jeffrey – Journal of Applied Research for Business Instruction, 2008
A writing workshop is a pedagogical tool that can create a more productive experience for teachers and students alike. Business students who have used this technique with experienced instructors agree that a well-planned writing workshop can be useful for dispelling writing fears, furthering understanding of business communication skills,…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Writing Strategies, Writing Workshops, Communication Skills
A Writing Workshop in Mathematics: Community Practice of Content Discourse
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Fernsten, Linda A. – Mathematics Teacher, 2007
The well-planned writing workshop is an effective tool for expanding the mathematical discourse of students and helping them become more skillful writers in the discipline. This article reviews a step-by-step process for conducting a workshop and details different reader response strategies. It also offers suggestions for various types of…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Reader Response, Writing Workshops, Process Approach (Writing)
Building a Writing Community: A Practical Guide. Lessons, Models, Reproducibles. Second Edition.
Freeman, Marcia S. – 1999
Designed to create and maintain an effective classroom writing workshop, this book explains how to teach young writers style and genre characteristics, composing skills, conventions, and the many aspects of the writing process itself. The second edition includes more information, models, and examples in the expository genre, as well as elaborating…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Poetry, Portfolio Assessment, Process Approach (Writing)
Editorial Skills: Ready-to-Use Writing Workshop Activities Kits. A Practical and Systematic Way To Build Basic Writing Skills and Teach the Entire Writing Process in Grades 4 through 8. Kit IV.
Schifferle, Judith – 1985
This handbook is one of a set of six which provide a systematic means to help students in grades 4 through 8 learn the process of writing while building specific writing skills. The handbook focuses on editorial skills, and offers 25 reproducible lessons, in a variety of formats, which focus on a specific writing improvement skill, such as writing…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Editing, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Sentence Skills: Ready-to-Use Writing Workshop Activities Kits. A Practical and Systematic Way To Build Basic Writing Skills and Teach the Entire Writing Process in Grades 4 through 8. Kit II.
Schifferle, Judith – 1985
This handbook is one of a set of six which provide a systematic means to help students in grades 4 through 8 learn the process of writing while building specific writing skills. The handbook focuses on sentence skills, and offers 30 reproducible lessons, in a variety of formats, to help students write simple, compound, and complex sentences. The…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Figurative Language, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Notetaking and Outlining Skills: Ready-to-Use Writing Workshop Activities Kits. A Practical and Systematic Way To Build Basic Writing Skills and Teach the Entire Writing Process in Grades 4 through 8. Kit VI.
Schifferle, Judith – 1985
This handbook is one of a set of six which provide a systematic means to help students in grades 4 through 8 learn the process of writing while building specific writing skills. The handbook focuses on notetaking and outlining skills, and offers 25 reproducible lessons, in a variety of formats, which give students practical experience in…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Notetaking
Word Skills: Ready-to-Use Writing Workshop Activities Kits. A Practical and Systematic Way To Build Basic Writing Skills and Teach the Entire Writing Process in Grades 4 through 8. Kit I.
Schifferle, Judith – 1985
This handbook is one of a set of six which provide a systematic means to help students in grades 4 through 8 learn the process of writing while building specific writing skills. The handbook focuses on word skills, and offers 30 reproducible lessons, in a variety of formats, to help students improve their use of vocabulary, different parts of…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Process Approach (Writing)
Letter and Report Writing Skills: Ready-to-Use Writing Workshop Activities Kits. A Practical and Systematic Way To Build Basic Writing Skills and Teach the Entire Writing Process in Grades 4 through 8. Kit V.
Schifferle, Judith – 1985
This handbook is one of a set of six which provide a systematic means to help students in grades 4 through 8 learn the process of writing while building specific writing skills. The handbook focuses on letter and report writing skills, and offers 25 reproducible lessons, in a variety of formats, which give students practical experience in writing…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Letters (Correspondence)
Teaching the Youngest Writers: A Practical Guide. For Primary Grade Teachers.
Freeman, Marcia S. – 1999
Taking students from emergent to elaborative writers, this book shows teachers how to conduct a daily writing workshop, manage the writing process, and teach the expository and narrative writing techniques primary-grade students will need to become fluent writers. It includes advice on setting up the classroom; scheduling and organizing the…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Emergent Literacy, Parent Education
Paragraph Writing Skills: Ready-to-Use Writing Workshop Activities Kits. A Practical and Systematic Way To Build Basic Writing Skills and Teach the Entire Writing Process in Grades 4 through 8. Kit III.
Schifferle, Judith – 1985
This handbook is one of a set of six which provide a systematic means to help students in grades 4 through 8 learn the process of writing while building specific writing skills. The handbook focuses on paragraph writing, and offers 25 reproducible lessons, in a variety of formats, to help students improve their use of descriptive, narrative,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Descriptive Writing, Expository Writing, Intermediate Grades
Writing Process Revisited: Sharing Our Stories.
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Barnes, Donna, Ed.; Morgan, Katherine, Ed.; Weinhold, Karen, Ed. – 1997
This collection of essays relates the experiences of teachers who have adopted and implemented a writing-process approach in their classrooms. In the collection, elementary, secondary, and college teachers candidly discuss their experiences--the struggles and successes, and the differences between their imagined ideal and the everyday reality.…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Peer Influence
Primary Writer's Workshop: Developing Process Writing Skills.
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Kieczykowski, Carol – 1996
Intended for the K-2 classroom, this book provides teachers with ideas and materials for teaching the writing process. The book contains reproducible thinking charts and graphic organizers including mind mapping, prewriting story structure, and topic, content, and editing charts. Advice for classroom management and the organization and structure…
Descriptors: Childrens Writing, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Creative Development