Teachers and Writers: Articles from the Ohio Writing Project.

Prepared by classroom teachers, the papers in this collection combine practical knowledge with recent findings from writing research. Among the topics discussed in the 25 papers are (1) student teacher conferences, (2) using poetry to develop writing fluency, (3) writing as a learning process, (4) oral and written discourse, (5) creative dramatics and oral interpretation in the writing process, (6) writing for publication, (7) reluctant writers, (8) handling the paper load, (9) popular culture and the teaching of usage, (10) the development of writing abilities, (11) the structure of the expository paragraph, (12) writing in the content areas, (13) journal keeping, (14) using prewriting to improve student writing, and (15) using field work to teach writing. (FL)