Best Practices for Teaching Writing

Preface About the Author About the Contributors 1. Anonymous Responses Enrich Learning - Burt Saxon, Connecticut 2. Historical Fiction Using Scenario Groups and Annotated Bibliographies - James W. D'Acosta, Connecticut 3. Five Circles, Five Paragraphs - Christine Chaney, Delaware 4. Reading and Writing Oasis Classroom - Linda K. Voelker, Kansas 5. Teaching . . . Profession and Passion - Dara Feldman, Maryland 6. Connecting Students to the World That Lies Ahead - Beverly R. Plein, New Jersey 7. Writing Connections - Nancy Rushing, South Carolina 8. Verbs to Vocation: Using Spanish Verb Tenses to Create an Authentic Cover Letter - Brenda Lynch, South Dakota 9. Author's Purpose for Readers' Choice - Micheline P. Plaskett, Virginia 10. Punny Valentines: Creativity and Teamwork - Elizabeth F. Day, New York 11. Being a Writer: A Tool for Improving Student Writing - Ganna Maymind, New Jersey 12. Published Poems and Stories Treasured Forever - Pam Roller, Indiana 13. What's It Like to Be LD? - Peter W. Riffle, Pennsylvania 14. Think--Talk--Write - Rosemary Fryer, Washington 15. The "Art" of Merging Descriptive and Narrative Writing - Sharon Andrews, South Dakota 16. Writing the Wrongs: A Middle School Student Unravels the Knots of Her Life Through Writing - Susan Okeson, Alaska 17. Finding the Time to Write in Your Language Arts Curriculum - Stacy Gardner Dibble, Minnesota 18. We Write, You Read, We All Win for Literacy! - Carly Pumphrey, West Virginia 19. "Small Moment" Stories: A Way to Improve Student Writing - Ganna Maymind, New Jersey 20. Writing in the Palm of Your Hand - Carla Hurchalla, Maryland 21. Walking the Introduction - Eric Stemle, Wyoming 22. Writing Tools for the First-Grade Classroom - Nikki Salvatico, Pennsylvania 23. Revitalize Your Teaching Through Collaboration and Integration - Mary Merrill and Barbara Sabin, Maine 24. Lifesaving Technique - Vicki Goldsmith, Iowa 25. Teaching Writing With an Eclectic Approach Across the Curriculum - C. Joyce Taylor, Arkansas 26. Using a Work of Art as a Stimulus for Writing - Diana W. McDougal, Wyoming 27. Making a Move - James Darrell Harris, Texas Index