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Rain, Steam, and Speed: Building Fluency in Adolescent Writers
Gerald Fleming
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Description for Rain, Steam, and Speed: Building Fluency in Adolescent Writers
Paperback. Many books consider the technical skills of writing, but few address issues of fluency - how to help students write with ease on a variety of topics. Even when students understand drafting and revision, they often stall when confronted with a writing task, feeling they lack ideas or language, or have nothing to say. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; JNU; YQCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 175 x 15. Weight in Grams: 381.
This book shows how adolescent students at all skill levels, including English learners, can be engaged in systematic writing practice, enabling them to communicate quickly, confidently, and thoughtfully on a variety of topics. In describing their innovative approach, the authors:
This book shows how adolescent students at all skill levels, including English learners, can be engaged in systematic writing practice, enabling them to communicate quickly, confidently, and thoughtfully on a variety of topics. In describing their innovative approach, the authors:
- Show how to introduce timed writing exercises to build fluency and thinking skills
- Provide 150 powerful writing prompts on provocative topics
- Offer strategies for enabling students to overcome writing blocks
- Include assessment, grading, and motivational guidance
The approach has been extensively tested by a master teacher, takes about one hour of instructional time per week, and can be used over an entire ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780787974565
SKU
V9780787974565
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Gerald Fleming
Gerald Fleming is an award-winning teacher who has taught the San Francisco Public Schools for over thirty years. He teaches English, social studies, and journalism, and also teaches curriculum and instruction at the University of San Francisco. Meredith Pike-Baky is a curriculum and assessment coordinator, a teacher educator, and a teacher consultant with the Bay Area Writing Project.
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