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Writing Better:
Effective Strategies for Teaching Students with Learning Difficulties

by Steve Graham, Ed.D., & Karen Harris, Ed.D.

Item: 9781557667045

Format: softcover
Pages: 192

Struggling writers — those with learning disabilities and those who just need additional help — can improve their skills dramatically if they get the detailed, explicit instruction they need. With this informative, research-supported handbook, elementary and middle school teachers will learn why and how to make systematic writing instruction a part of their classroom.

Educators will get

in-depth descriptions of strategies that help students navigate every phase of the writing process
examples of step-by-step action plans and mnemonic devices that teach students new skills

short summaries of field-testing results that show how the strategies succeeded in real classrooms
before-and-after samples of student writing that illuminate the real difference these strategies can make

With these scientifically validated ideas and exercises — adaptable for use across grades — teachers will have the solid foundation they need to help struggling students both improve their skills and change the way they feel about writing.

Contents

Section I: The Power of Writing

Writing Uphill: Why Strategy Instruction Is Important
Writing Is a Dog's Life: A Guide to Writing Difficulties

Section II: Strategies for Teaching Planning, Writing, and Revising

How to Teach Writing Strategies

Section III: Writing Strategies That Can Be Applied Broadly

PLEASE: A Paragraph Writing Strategy
PLANS: A Goal-Setting Strategy
STOP and LIST: Goal Setting, Brainstorming, and Organizing
The Peer Revising Strategy
The CDO Revising Strategy
Summarizing Written Text

Section IV: Writing Strategies That Are Genre Specific

Story Writing
Persuasive Writing
Writing Explanations
Writing a Comparison/Contrast Paper
Report Writing

Section V: Strategies for Self-Regulating and the Writing Process

Self-Monitoring
Goal Setting

Section VI: Making It Work

Guidelines for Implementing Writing Strategy Instruction

References
Appendix: Sources of Quotes and Anecdotes
Index

Struggling writers — those with learning disabilities and those who just need additional help — can improve their skills dramatically if they get the detailed, explicit instruction they need. With this informative, research-supported handbook, elementary and middle school teachers will learn why and how to make systematic writing instruction a part of their classroom. Educators will get in-depth descriptions of strategies that help students navigate every phase of the writing process examples of step-by-step action plans and mnemonic devices that teach students new skills short summaries of field-testing results that show how the strategies succeeded in real classrooms before-and-after samples of student writing that illuminate the real difference these strategies can make With these scientifically validated ideas and exercises — adaptable for use across grades — teachers will have the solid foundation they need to help struggling students both improve their skills and change the way they feel about writing.

Contents Section I: The Power of Writing Writing Uphill: Why Strategy Instruction Is Important Writing Is a Dog's Life: A Guide to Writing Difficulties Section II: Strategies for Teaching Planning, Writing, and Revising How to Teach Writing Strategies Section III: Writing Strategies That Can Be Applied Broadly PLEASE: A Paragraph Writing Strategy PLANS: A Goal-Setting Strategy STOP and LIST: Goal Setting, Brainstorming, and Organizing The Peer Revising Strategy The CDO Revising Strategy Summarizing Written Text Section IV: Writing Strategies That Are Genre Specific Story Writing Persuasive Writing Writing Explanations Writing a Comparison/Contrast Paper Report Writing Section V: Strategies for Self-Regulating and the Writing Process Self-Monitoring Goal Setting Section VI: Making It Work Guidelines for Implementing Writing Strategy Instruction References Appendix: Sources of Quotes and Anecdotes Index

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