Writing Put to the Test: Teaching for the High Stakes Essay

ISBN-13: 9781138439740 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 144 str.

Amy Benjamin

Opis

This book helps educators improve students ability to write clear, coherent essays in response to on-demand writing prompts. While it focuses on students abilities to succeed at on-demand writing, it also promotes the teaching of writing as an expression of art and self.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Introducing On-Demand Writing; Part I The High-Stakes Essay; Chapter 2 Writing Instruction in the Age of Testing; Chapter 3 Resistance; Chapter 4 Using the Test Itself as a Teaching Tool; Part II Rhetorical Modes; Chapter 5 Teaching Writing Through Rhetorical Modes; Chapter 6 The Narrative Prompt; Chapter 7 The Persuasive Prompt; Part III Interventions; Chapter 8 Assistive Intervention That Works to Improve Writing; Chapter 9 Problem Solvers; Chapter 10 From Speech to Writing; Chapter 11 Language and Error;

O autorze

Authored by Benjamin, Amy