Teaching Writing: Balancing Process and Product - Softcover

Tompkins, Gail E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0024208434 ISBN 13: 9780024208439

Publisher: Merrill Pub Co, 1994

Synopsis

This text is ideal for undergraduate or graduate courses in Elementary Language Arts where the focus is on writing or teaching writing.Using a process approach to writing, this text focuses on teaching strategies that will help children in grades K-8 use the writing process to develop and improve their writing skills and their writing products. It examines all major types of writing through a practical presentation that includes a wealth of children's authentic writing samples which helps bring the writing process to life.

About this title

From the Publisher:

An expanded, reorganized edition of this excellent text for writing methods courses...one that advocates a process approach to writing, focusing on strategies that will help children in Grades K-8 use the writing process to develop and improve their writing skills while they improve their writing products. The text now begins with an introductory chapter that provides an overview of the five cyclical, recursive stages of the writing process-- prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and sharing--along with practical instructional tips and techniques for each stage. Individual chapters then examine all major types of writing...through a practical, straightforward presentation which includes a wealth of children's actual writing samples that really help to bring the "writing process" to life.

From the Back Cover:

Using a process approach to writing, this book focuses on teaching strategies that will help children in grades K-8 use the writing process to develop and improve their writing skills and their writing products. It examines all major types of writing through a practical presentation that includes a wealth of children's authentic writing samples which helps bring the writing process to life. Explains the components of the writing workshop and provides suggestions for use with all grade levels. Focuses on monitoring the process children use as they write and helps to assess children's written products. Presents five levels of support that teachers can provide for children as they write. Contains lists of children's literature. For teachers and administrators of Elementary School writing/language arts.

About this edition

• Publisher: Merrill Pub Co
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0024208434
• ISBN 13: 9780024208439
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 456