Writing in the Content Areas Contributor(s): Benjamin, Amy (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138139637 ISBN-13: 9781138139633 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $138.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Rhetoric - Education |
Dewey: 808.042 |
Physical Information: (0.75 lbs) 184 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Do you spend entirely too much time correcting your students' papers? Do your students' essays and term papers take side trips to nowhere? Is their writing riddled with mechanical errors? Do their lab reports and essays lack specificity and clarity? Writing in the Content Areas, Second Edition is for middle and high school content area teachers who assign essays, term papers, lab reports, and other writing tasks to students. This book provides strategies and tips to help teachers of social studies, science, art, etc. improve the quality of students' writing and apply national and state curriculum standards in your classroom. The strategies in this book can be integrated easily into every teacher's daily plans. They will help your students improve their abilities to - get what they want from a writing task - frame their assignments more precisely - correct student papers more quickly and efficiently The new second edition offers activities and strategies which involve technology (word processing, presentation programming, the Internet, and e-communications), differentiated instruction, and brain-based learning. |