Teaching Writing in Middle and Secondary Schools
"Teaching Writing in Middle and Secondary Schools" provides research-based and standards-based strategies — as well as classroom-tested activities — all in one book. Covering the core fundamentals of exemplary practices in the teaching of writing, this book demonstrates writing processes and the use of rubrics, with authentic samples taken directly from students' writing portfolios. Readers are also given valuable information on teaching grammar and spelling, curriculum planning, service learning, and community and parental involvement — all through the lens of teaching writing.
Bio
James Blasingame is a professor in the Department of English at Arizona State University.
Praise for this book
The market has sorely needed a writing text that addresses the needs of both the junior high and senior high student. Many claim to do so, but this is the first one I have seen that actually and specifically does what it claims.
Anna Boiling California State University-Stanislaus
