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Writing Better: Effective Strategies For Teaching Students With Learning Difficulties

by Steve Graham, Karen Harris and Brookes Publishing Co

 

A practical guide for teachers to help guide struggling writers and improve their performance

Writing Better: Effective Strategies For Teaching Students With Learning DifficultiesWhether they have learning disabilities or just need extra help, struggling writers can improve their skills dramatically if they get the detailed, explicit instruction they need. This practical guidebook shows school teachers, of early primary to fifth grade (K-5) students, how to make this systematic instruction part of their classroom. Educators will find a wide range of specific strategies that include

  • in-depth descriptions of strategies that help students navigate every phase of the writing process
  • examples of step-by-step action plans and mnemonic devices that teach students new skills
  • short summaries of field-testing results that show how the strategies succeeded in real classrooms
  • before-and-after samples of student writing that illuminate the real difference these strategies can make

Photocopiable student worksheets give teachers ready-to-use writing activities. With these practical, scientifically validated ideas and exercises, teachers will help struggling students develop a toolbox of skills to improve their class work and change the way they feel about writing.

©2005, 192 pages.

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Table of Contents



Section I: The Power of Writing

  1. Writing Uphill: Why Strategy Instruction Is Important
  2. Writing Is a Dog’s Life: A Guide to Writing Difficulties

Section II: Strategies for Teaching Planning, Writing, and Revising

  1. How to Teach Writing Strategies

Section III: Writing Strategies That Can Be Applied Broadly

  1. PLEASE: A Paragraph Writing Strategy
  2. PLANS: A Goal-Setting Strategy
  3. STOP and LIST: Goal Setting, Brainstorming, and Organising
  4. The Peer Revising Strategy (Read an Excerpt)
  5. The CDO Revising Strategy
  6. Summarising Written Text

Section IV: Writing Strategies That Are Genre Specific

  1. Story Writing
  2. Persuasive Writing
  3. Writing Explanations
  4. Writing a Comparison/Contrast Paper
  5. Report Writing

Section V: Strategies for Self-Regulating and the Writing Process

  1. Self-Monitoring
  2. Goal Setting

Section VI: Making It Work

  1. Guidelines for Implementing Writing Strategy Instruction

References
Appendix: Sources of Quotes and Anecdotes
Index

Writing Better: Effective Strategies For Teaching Students With Learning Difficulties is targeted at the following age ranges:

  • Adult

Writing Better: Effective Strategies For Teaching Students With Learning Difficulties is designed to foster development in the areas of:

  • Literacy
  • Resource preparation

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