Teaching writing through a variety of academic and other disciplines has proven to be beneficial to both students' understanding of content as well as their ability to write within the diverse context
Drawing from one high school's experiences with block scheduling, and concentrating on its implications for the English classroom, this handbook examines the implications of block scheduling for curri
With the goal of helping principals who want to develop writing programs in their schools, Gere (writing, English, and education, U. of Michigan) et al. offer research-based resources that detail how
This text offers a theoretical justification for online writing instruction (OWI) as well as a detailed approach to training educators for such instruction. Examples of training methods for both real-
Using stories from classrooms and examples of student writing, Ray (education, Western Carolina U.) explains the theoretical underpinnings of how students learn to write from their reading, and how to
Hermsen describes how to teach poetry to students in all grades as a way to help them investigate the world, find meaning, and link poetry to conceptual and perceptual skills. He connects writing poet
High school English teacher Golden offers strategies for helping students to "read" more than 30 popular and less-well-known documentary films. The skills students develop in these lessons can then be
Addresses the tension between broadening the range of possibilities for assessment and reaction to student work versus the institutional pressures to place a single grade on the product. Contributors
Wood has some 10 years of experience working with school-age children in different capacities, primarily in the Pioneer School for Expeditionary Learning, the first expeditionary-learning outward-boun
