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When Information Becomes a Story: The Written Report.
Jacobson, Cynthia – Journal of the Wisconsin State Reading Association, 1991
Describes an approach to teaching written reports and how the author adapted this approach for her students. Discovers ways to use the process approach to writing in interesting ways that take the students beyond the personal narrative. (MG)
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Process Approach (Writing), Process Education, Research Papers (Students)
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
Detours and Destinations: One Teacher's Journey into an Environmental Writing Workshop.
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Kucera, Cheryl A. – Language Arts, 1995
Describes a two-year teacher research project on how one teacher improved writing workshops for her middle school students. (SR)
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Improvement, 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
A Process of Metamorphosis: Changing Children's Attitudes toward Writing.
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Thomas, Linda A. – 1992
A study determined how exposure to learning writing as process through writing workshops would affect the attitudes of fifth grade students. Subjects had no experience with writing as process. At the outset of the school year, the participants, 23 fifth-grade students in a northeastern New Jersey school, were administered the "Emig-King…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades, Process Approach (Writing)
"I'm Bored, I Don't Have Anything To Write About!" A Study of the Writing Process in One Sixth Grade Classroom.
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Biffignani, Susan Marie – 1995
A study examined the effect of a structured writing process on student comprehension during a year-long classroom writing workshop. Subjects included 10 sixth-grade students of average reading and writing comprehension who completed an initial writing survey as well as quarterly writing behavior self assessments and writing evaluation conference…
Descriptors: Action Research, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Process Approach (Writing)
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)
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
Using Process Writing To Teach Problem Solving to Middle School and Junior High Students.
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Wadlington, Elizabeth; Hicks, Karen – 1994
This paper discusses the use of process writing to assist middle and junior high school students in becoming competent, confident mathematical problem solvers and communicators. The process writing technique involves students in four recursive, overlapping stages in writing: rehearsing, drafting, responding, and revising. Students utilize this…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills, Elementary School Students, Integrated Curriculum