Best Practices for Teaching Writing

Randi Stone is the author of nine Corwin Press books: Best Practices for Teaching Reading: What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do, Best Practices for Teaching Social Studies: What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do, Best Practices for Teaching Writing: What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do, Best Practices for Teaching Mathematics: What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do, and Best Practices for Teaching Science: What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do. She is a graduate of Clark University, Boston University, and Salem State College. She completed her doctorate in education at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.

"Ideas and lesson plans that produce clear results make for an excellent teachers′ handbook and education library reference."

• PrefaceAbout the AuthorAbout the Contributors1. Anonymous Responses Enrich Learning - Burt Saxon, Connecticut2. Historical Fiction Using Scenario Groups and Annotated Bibliographies - James W. D′Acosta, Connecticut3. Five Circles, Five Paragraphs - Christine Chaney, Delaware4. Reading and Writing Oasis Classroom - Linda K. Voelker, Kansas5. Teaching . . . Profession and Passion - Dara Feldman, Maryland6. Connecting Students to the World That Lies Ahead - Beverly R. Plein, New Jersey7. Writing Connections - Nancy Rushing, South Carolina8. Verbs to Vocation: Using Spanish Verb Tenses to Create an Authentic Cover Letter - Brenda Lynch, South Dakota9. Author′s Purpose for Readers′ Choice - Micheline P. Plaskett, Virginia10. Punny Valentines: Creativity and Teamwork - Elizabeth F. Day, New York11. Being a Writer: A Tool for Improving Student Writing - Ganna Maymind, New Jersey12. Published Poems and Stories Treasured Forever - Pam Roller, Indiana13. What′s It Like to Be LD? - Peter W. Riffle, Pennsylvania14. Think--Talk--Write - Rosemary Fryer, Washington15. The "Art" of Merging Descriptive and Narrative Writing - Sharon Andrews, South Dakota16. Writing the Wrongs: A Middle School Student Unravels the Knots of Her Life Through Writing - Susan Okeson, Alaska17. Finding the Time to Write in Your Language Arts Curriculum - Stacy Gardner Dibble, Minnesota18. We Write, You Read, We All Win for Literacy! - Carly Pumphrey, West Virginia19. "Small Moment" Stories: A Way to Improve Student Writing - Ganna Maymind, New Jersey20. Writing in the Palm of Your Hand - Carla Hurchalla, Maryland21. Walking the Introduction - Eric Stemle, Wyoming22. Writing Tools for the First-Grade Classroom - Nikki Salvatico, Pennsylvania23. Revitalize Your Teaching Through Collaboration and Integration - Mary Merrill and Barbara Sabin, Maine24. Lifesaving Technique - Vicki Goldsmith, Iowa25. Teaching Writing With an Eclectic Approach Across the Curriculum - C. Joyce Taylor, Arkansas26. Using a Work of Art as a Stimulus for Writing - Diana W. McDougal, Wyoming27. Making a Move - James Darrell Harris, TexasIndex