Teach Writing Well: How to Assess Writing, Invigorate

Teach Writing Well: How to Assess Writing, Invigorate Instruction, and Rethink Revision

Ask successful writers and theyâ€™ll tell you, the key to writing well is revision. Ask elementary school teachers and theyâ€™ll tell you, the real challenge of writing instruction is teaching kids how to revise. Ruth Culham is both a successful writer and a writing teacher, and sheâ€™s discovered how to teach writing and revision in a way thatâ€™s accessible to both teacher and students: First read the writing, assess it using the traits of writing, then teach the writers and guide revision decisions using traits as a common language and map.
This book shows you how to assess and teach writing in a way thatâ€™s practical and doableâ€”and best of all, see results.
Â Part 1 walks you through the traits of writing and their key qualities, showing step by step how to read studentsâ€™ writing and offer feedback that nudges them forward through the revision process. Chapters will help you address challenges students face within each mode of writing (narrative, expository, persuasive), and provide tools young writers can use to evaluate their own writing and make revision decisions accordingly.
Part 2 dives into instruction, offering specific guidance for how to use what youâ€™ve learned from reading student writing to design lessons that scaffold students toward making their own craft decisions and revisions. In addition, thereâ€™s an entire chapter devoted to mentor texts that you can use to model traits and key qualities for your students.
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Country	USA
Author	Ruth Culham
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781625311184
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Stenhouse Publishers
Manufacturer	Stenhouse Publishers
NumberOfPages	224
PublicationDate	2018-04-23
Publisher	Stenhouse Publishers
ReleaseDate	2018-04-23
Studio	Stenhouse Publishers

Teach Writing Well: How to Assess Writing, Invigorate Instruction, and Rethink Revision

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