Teaching Writing (Routledge Library Editions: Literacy)

Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- 1. Teaching Writing: A Context for Change -- 2. Writing and the Communication of Meaning -- Speech and Writing -- Categories of Writing -- The Teaching of Writing: A Cognitive Approach -- 3. The Writing Process: An Analysis -- Composing -- Transcribing -- Reviewing -- 4. The Formative Assessment of Writing -- Kevin's Difficulties: 'Let's Play Poison' -- The Nature of Formative Assessment -- Identifying Strengths and Weaknesses -- Managing Formative Assessment in the Classroom -- 5. Pre-Writing Activities -- The Level of Difficulty -- Defining the Nature and Purpose of the Task -- Criteria for Success -- Using a Model of Success -- Planning -- The Role of Discussion -- 6. Helping Children to Improve as Writers -- Drafting and Redrafting -- Showing -- Practice -- Discriminating -- Solving Problems -- 7. Success in Writing: Theory and Practice -- The Concept of Success -- Classroom Methodology -- Case Study: 'First Day at Secondary School' -- Pre-Writing -- Drafting and Redrafting -- 8. Conclusion: Implications for Professional Practice -- Appendices -- References -- Index

• | Author: Colin Peacock
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Nov 24, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 158 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0815372817
• | ISBN-13: 9780815372813