There are three truths about teaching writing, one that's widely
known, one that isn't, and one that will change your teaching
forever: the ability to write is essential for students in every
subject area writing is the most powerful and efficient tool that
teachers have for helping students connect with content and deepen
their understanding of it every teacher, including you, is ready to
coach middle and secondary writers successfully right now.No matter
what subject you teach, "Content-Area Writing" is for you,
especially if you're juggling broad curriculum mandates, thick
textbooks, and severe time constraints. It not only shows that
incorporating carefully structured writing activities into your
lessons actually increases understanding and achievement, but also
proves how writing can save, not consume, valuable instructional
time. Following up on "Subjects Matter" - the book that changed how
tens of thousands of language arts, math, science, and social
studies teachers use reading in their classrooms - Harvey Daniels,
Steven Zemelman, and Nancy Steineke now present the most thorough
and practical exploration available of writing in the subject
areas. "Content-Area Writing" guides you strategically through the
two major types of writing that every student must know: Writing to
Learn: the quick, exploratory, and extemporaneous in-class writing
that helps kids engage deeply with content, build connections, and
retain what they've learned Public Writing: planned, constructed,
and polished writing in which students demonstrate knowledge and
reflect on what they've learned. With their contagious combination
of humor, irreverence, and classroom smarts, Daniels, Zemelman, and
Steineke give you dozens of valuable lessons for encouraging growth
in both types of writing with subject-specific ideas for planning,
organizing, and teaching, as well as samples of student work and
guidelines for evaluation and assessment. They also include
detailed information on how their strategies fit into the writing
process, how they can be used in writing workshops across the
curriculum, and how they prepare students for testing and other
on-demand writing situations. With writing, you can help students
learn better, retain more, meet content- and skills-based
standards, and tackle any test with confidence. No matter what you
teach, read "Content-Area Writing" and discover for yourself that
classroom time spent writing is classroom time well spent.
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