Writing and the Writer

ISBN-13: 9780805814224 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 304 str.

Frank Smith;Smith; Frank Smith

Opis

This updated edition aims to provide a framework for thinking about the act of writing in both theoretical and practical ways. A chapter on computers and writing is included, as well as more about the role of reading in learning to write, and about learning to write at all ages.

Recenzje

"In this lucid, reflective, and wholly accessible book, Frank Smith has spread out the writing process, his own included, so that we may take stock of all that it involves....Best of all, he shows how teachers and children in collaboration can describe or rediscover the power of the writer as a producer of texts to be read -- until now the least emphasized aspect of universal literacy."
—Junior Education

Praise for the first edition:

"It is unusual for educators to reveal how they know. Frank Smith is rare, for he explores and exposes the very act of learning through writing."
—James S. Davis
NCTE Award Presenter

Spis treści

Contents: Preface to the Second Edition. Preface to the First Edition. Introduction. Why Write? Writing: Collaboration and Competition. The Thought Behind Language. Putting Meaning Into Words. Language: Spoken and Written. The Writer-Reader Contract. The Act of Writing. Starting and Stopping. The Tapestry of Transcription. The Tools of the Trade. Learning to Be a Writer. Learning the Technicalities. The Writing Teacher. Retrospect and Second Thoughts.

O autorze

Frank Smith