Winning Ways of Coaching Writing: A Practical Guide to Teaching Writing Grades 6-12

This writing text is written for teachers by teachers, with each chapter offering practical ideas, strategies, and activities to help teachers coach successful writing. Winning Ways of Coaching Writing is one of the first books to directly address the unique needs of middle and high school pre-service and in-service writing teachers. The text includes chapters on writers with ADHD (Ch. 7), non-traditional ninth graders (Ch. 8), and the teaching of ESL students (Ch. 6) - all topics that have come into the forefront of issues faced by writing teachers of grades 6-12. The authors of the chapters have collaborated to create reader-friendly, pragmatic chapters that include lesson plans and activities designed for immediate application. For teachers of grades 6-12.

This writing text is written for teachers by teachers, with each chapter offering practical ideas, strategies, and activities to help teachers coach successful writing.

Winning Ways of Coaching Writing is one of the first books to directly address the unique needs of middle and high school pre-service and in-service writing teachers. The text includes chapters on writers with ADHD (Ch. 7), non-traditional ninth graders (Ch. 8), and the teaching of ESL students (Ch. 6) - all topics that have come into the forefront of issues faced by writing teachers of grades 6-12. The authors of the chapters have collaborated to create reader-friendly, pragmatic chapters that include lesson plans and activities designed for immediate application.

For teachers of grades 6-12.

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Written by teachers for teachers, this book presents strategies for teaching writing in the later grades. Each of 13 chapters presents a topic related to the task, describes the challenges involved, and offers solutions and approaches for success. These topics include forming a thesis, audience and voice, integrating grammar, technology, ESL, attention deficiency, state-mandated testing, grading, and diagnostics. An introductory chapter outlines the importance of writing to an education in the humanities. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)