Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Writing Strategies for Middle and High School Teachers
Writers' Workshop, writing in the content areas, revising, editing, which type of writing instruction has been proven to have the greatest impact on student achievement in writing? This document http://www.centeroninstruction.org/files/COI%20SPED%20synopsis1.pdf from the Center on Instruction is a meta-analysis, or compilation of years of studies on which types of writing instruction are most (or least) effective for student achievement. The authors reviewed scientifically-based research and list 11 strategies in order from greatest effect to least effect. Of particular interest to me was what the research shows about stand alone grammar instruction, meaning done independently of student writing, as in, stand alone grammar exercises from textbooks, workbooks, or worksheets. Hopefully, this article will reinforce what you are already doing and give you some ideas of strategies to incorporate into your classroom.
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I have been reading quite a bit about instructional strategies for writing. The purpose is to teach teachers how to teach. Everyone seems fine with this.
However, I am not seeing the same degree of attention (or any, actually) on teaching teachers the content of writing, e.g., how to simplify complex sentences, creating the appropriate tone, developing effecting transitions, and using strong sentence structures. I wonder why this is so.
Why is it acceptable to tell teachers how to teach but not acceptable to teach them the content. Based on our subscriber list to Writing Tips for a Year, I think that teachers are looking for this help, too.
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