Overview

Give your students the confidence to continuously improve their writing. In Empowering Students to Write and Re-write: Standards-Based Strategies for Middle and High School Teachers, author and educator Warren Combs provides teachers with detailed strategies and lesson plans, along with real student writing samples. Review true-to-life scripts for conversations between teachers and students, and use or create student-friendly response and final evaluation forms. Also, learn a simple system for setting student expectations to help them reach curriculum standards. Combs describes effective routines of formative self-assessment, and shows teachers how to form a professional learning team with their colleagues using the 6-session professional learning guide. Teachers will help their students: Self-assess their progress with accuracy Revise partial and whole drafts Kindle their innate writing abilities Cultivate a mindset for revision This book is written in a teacher-friendly mannger and has practical strategies for the teaching of revision. --Cindi Rigsbee NC Teacher of the Year

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Author:   Warren Combs (Writing to Win, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Eye On Education, Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 28.00cm
Weight:   0.410kg
ISBN:  

9781596671232

ISBN 10:   1596671238
Pages:   222
Publication Date:   15 July 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Revision is Picturing Again—Voice, Pictures and Flow; Chapter 2 Identifying the Voice, Pictures, and Flow in Writing; Chapter 3 Crafting the Pictures and Voice in Writing that Fit Your Mind; Chapter 4 What Revision is Not; Chapter 5 Kindling Innate Writing Abilities; Chapter 6 Prewrite with Me; Chapter 7 Revise Words and Phrases with Me; Chapter 8 Revise Body Paragraphs with Me; Chapter 9 Revise Whole Drafts with Me; Chapter 10 Work on Style of Writing with Me; Chapter 11 Nail Down Effective Word Choice with Me; Chapter 12 Fine-Tune Beginnings and Endings with Me; Chapter 13 Call on Your Audience with Me; Chapter 14 Talk About Writing with Me; Chapter 15 Implementing a Mindset for Revision;

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