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ERIC Number: ED267432
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1984
Pages: 93
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Sneak Previews: An Annotated Bibliography.
Bennett, Susan G., Ed.
Intended for teachers, this bibliography contains 30 brief reviews of recent books on the theory and practice of teaching writing. The first section, on theory, focuses on "Famous Last Words, The American Language Crisis Reconsidered" (Harvey A. Daniels); "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" (Betty Edwards); "The Role of Grammar in a Secondary School Curriculum" (W. B. Elley and others); "The Web of Meaning" (Janet Emig); "Thinking Through Writing" (Susan R. Horton); "Understanding Writing" (Thomas Newkirk and Nancie Atwell); "Well-Bound Words; A Rhetoric" (John J. Ruszkiewicz); "Fforum: Essays on Theory and Practice in the Teaching of Writing" (Patricia L. Stock); "Family Literacy--Young Children Learning to Read and Write" (Denny Taylor); and "The Great American Writing Block--Causes and Cures of the New Illiteracy" (Thomas C. Wheeler). The second section, on practice, includes annotations on "Teaching Writing, Essays from the Bay Area Writing Project" (Gerald Camp, ed.); "Writing: Teachers and Children at Work" (Donald H. Graves); "Inside Out" (Dan Kirby and Tom Liner); "Searching Writing" (Ken Macrorie); "Writing and Learning Across the Curriculum" (Nancy Martin and others); "The Art of Composition" Robert C. Meredith); "Active Voice" (James Moffett); "Student-Centered Language Arts and Reading K-13: A Handbook for Teachers" (James Moffett and Betty Wagner); "Learning by Teaching (Donald Murray); "A Guidebook to Writing Across the Curriculum" (JoAn Simmons and others); "Teaching Writing in the Content Areas: Elementary School" (Stephen N. Tchudi and Susan J. Tchudi); "Teaching Writing in the Content Areas: Middle School/Junior High (Stephen N. Tchudi and Margie C. Huerta); "The A+ Guide to Good Writing" (Diane Teitel Rubins); "Donald Graves in Australia" (R. D. Walshe); and "Writing Seminars in the Content Area: In Search of Hemingway, Salinger, and Steinbeck" (Brooke Workman). The third section annotates textbooks: "Writers Writing" (Lil Brannon and others); "Building English Skills" and "Resource Kit: Level Seven" (Joy Littell, ed.); "Building English Skills: Grade Eight" (Joy Littell, ed.); "Scope English Grammar and Composition Level One (a publication of Scholastic Book Services); and "Language for Daily Use" (Dorothy Strickland). (EL)
Texas Hill Country Writing Project-National Writing Project, Education Building 406, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712 ($5.00).
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Reference Materials - Bibliographies
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Texas Univ., Austin. Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction.
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A