This book provides a detailed overview of current or recent research exploring a wide range of ideas, theories, and practices around written text production. European researchers from a broad range of
As students move from grade to grade, they often seem to forget writing concepts, skills, and strategies taught in previous years. How can we help ensure that our writing instruction and student learn
Learning to Write, Reading to Learn presents the research of the `Sydney School' in language and literacy pedagogy. Widely known as genre-based pedagogy, this research is cutting-edge, but is built on
This book equips teachers of young children with research-based practical strategies, assessment tools, and motivating writing activities that are easily applicable to all learning environments.
Developmental Perspectives on Writing LILIANA TOLCHINSKY University of Barcelona, Spain The advent of the sixties is considered a crucial moment for the discovery of writing as an object worthy of int
Jane Austen, Leo Tolstoy, Ernest Hemingway, Willa Cather, Jack London, Dorothy Parker, John O'Hara, Elmore Leonard, and a host of other greats past and present have much to show you about how to begin
The creative exercises in this innovative book use simple movements and yoga principles to boost children's creativity as they write and play with words and ideas.Designed to spark imagination and enh
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