Write, Think, Learn: Tapping the Power of Daily Student Writing Across the Content Areas

Tedrow, Mary

ISBN 10: 1138052701 / ISBN 13: 9781138052703

Published by Routledge, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Write, Think, Learn: Tapping the Power of Daily Student Writing Across the Content Areas
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138052701
• ISBN 13: 9781138052703
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Find out how to create the climate and space for everyday student writing. In this new co-publication with MiddleWeb, award-winning teacher Mary Tedrow shows you how to encourage students to integrate daily writing into their lives, leading to improved critical thinking skills, increased knowledge of subject areas, and greater confidence in written expression. This practical guide will help you consider the unique needs of your students, while still meeting state standards.

You’ll discover how to…

• Develop classroom routines and activities that invite creativity and self-expression
• Teach writing methods that can be used across different grade levels and all content areas
• Challenge students to examine their own writing processes for thinking and problem solving
• Evaluate written work in a way that emphasizes growth over grades

Many exercises, prompts, and attempts at thinking found in the book can be easily adapted for use both in and out of the classroom. Whether you are a new or experienced teacher, Write, Think, Learn will enable you to make writing come alive for all your students.

About the Author

Mary K. Tedrow is a National Board Certified Teacher of English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood with twenty-six years of classroom experience. She directs the Shenandoah Valley Writing Project housed at Shenandoah University.