Writing to teach, writing to learn in secondary schools
By: Susan M. Leist, Pamila Marchewka-Cornwell.
Contributors: Marchewka-Cornwell, Pamila.
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 133
ISBN-13: 9780761835226
Subjects: English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States; Report writing -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States; English teachers -- Training of -- United States
Description: "Writing to Teach; Writing to Learn in Secondary Schools is a comprehensive guide for high school teachers who want to use writing as a teaching tool in any discipline. It provides instructional materials for generating and structuring writing, guidance for developing writing assignments and for evaluating writing, and sample syllabi and assignments. This user-friendly and hands-on book enables teachers in all disciplines to develop the techniques and methods for effectively using writing as a teaching tool."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [129]-131) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. The writing process: creating the writing intensive course; title: 2. Techniques of using writing to teach: Heuristic writing ; Seven principles of good teaching and WAC ; Suggestions for improving final student writing products ; Check work in progress ; Use a check sheet ; Use peer groups ; Suggestions for ungraded writing ; Uses for ungraded writing assignments and related benefits ; Structuring formal writing assignments ; Plan assignment objectives carefully ; Creating writing assignments; title: 3. Generative heuristics: Free writing ; Sharing free writing ; Focused free writing ; Looping ; The nine-line composition ; Brainstorming/listing ; Clustering/webbing/mind-mapping; title: 4. Structural heuristics: Definition ; Process analysis ; Classification/division ; Comparison/contrast ; Analogy ; Causal analysis ; The cubing heuristic; title: 5. Student research: The "I-search" assignment; title: 6. Evaluating student writing: Determining when and how to grade ; Grading strategies ; Some assessment options ; Understanding the domains of writing and their hierachy ; Preparing assignments carefully ; Evaluating the papers ; Dealing with errors ; Incorporating writing into pedagogy; title: Appendix A. Syllabi for writing intensive courses: I. COMM 332W: Contemporary issues in broadcasting ; II. NFS105: Food and people: interactions and issues ; III. BIO405: Organic evolution ; OEC 301W: Principles of occupational education; title: Appendix B. Some examples of writing assignments ; Generic writing intensive assignments ; Course specific writing intensive assignments; title: Appendix C. Forms and checklists ; A checklist for evaluating compositions ; Peer or teacher edit sheet ; Peer conference checklist ; Revision response checklist ; Portfolio evaluation; title: Appendix D. The domain scoring rubric ; Domains and features ; Domain scoring; title: Appendix E. Directions for generally used writing tasks ; Sample sets of directions for generally used writing tasks ; Tips for preparing a book review; title: Writing summaries ; The microtheme.