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Teachers at Work: Articles from the Ohio Writing Project.

Authors :
Miami Univ., Oxford, OH.
Hayes, Mary F.
Publication Year :
1983

Abstract

Prepared by classroom teachers, the papers in this collection synthesize their own teaching experiences with recent writing research revelations. Among the topics covered in the 37 papers are (1) computers in the English classroom, (2) values clarification and the teaching of autobiographical writing, (3) using journals, (4) grammar instruction, (5) sensory techniques in writing assignments, (6) writing across the curriculum, (7) hemispheric specialization and teaching writing, (8) peer editing, (9) short story writing, (10) art and writing for the junior high school student, (11) using the newspaper to teach writing, (12) prewriting activities for elementary school students, (13) the use of film to motivate writing, (14) teaching audience through children's books, (15) creating a writing laboratory, (16) teaching paragraph structure, (17) fantasy, (18) community-centered writing, (19) sentence combining and peer evaluation, and (20) extending literature through writing in the elementary school classroom. (FL)

Details

Language :
English
Database :
ERIC
Notes :
Collection of essays from the Ohio Writing Project Summer Institute (Oxford, OH, 1982). Support also provided by the Scioto County Area Foundation.
Publication Type :
Electronic Resource
Accession number :
ED232209
Document Type :
Guides - Classroom - Teacher