Rain, Steam, and Speed: Building Fluency in Adolescent Writers
Language: English
Published by Jossey-Bass, 2004
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Many books consider the technical skills of writing, but few address issues of fluency - how to help students write with ease on a variety of topics. Even when students understand drafting and revision, they often stall when confronted with a writing task, feeling they lack ideas or language, or have nothing to say.
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- Title
- Rain, Steam, and Speed: Building Fluency in Adolescent Writers
- Author
- Gerald Fleming
- Publisher
- Jossey-Bass
- Publication year
- 2004
- Condition
- Fair
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0787974560
- ISBN 13
- 9780787974565
- Show how to introduce timed writing exercises to build fluency and thinking skills
- Provide 150 powerful writing prompts on provocative topics
- Offer strategies for enabling students to overcome writing blocks
- Include assessment, grading, and motivational guidance
The approach has been extensively tested by a master teacher, takes about one hour of instructional time per week, and can be used over an entire school year.
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About the Author
Meredith Pike-Baky is a curriculum and assessment coordinator, a teacher educator, and a teacher consultant with the Bay Area Writing Project.
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