Well established as a definitive text--and now revised and updated with eight new chapters--this book translates cutting-edge research into effective guidelines for teaching writing in grades K-12. Illustrated with vivid classroom examples, the book identifies the components of a complete, high-quality writing program. Leading experts provide strategies for teaching narrative and argumentative writing; using digital tools; helping students improve specific skills, from handwriting and spelling to sentence construction; teaching evaluation and revision; connecting reading and writing instruction; teaching vulnerable populations; using assessment to inform instruction; and more.

New to This Edition
*Chapters on new topics: setting up the writing classroom and writing from informational source material.
*New chapters on core topics: narrative writing, handwriting and spelling, planning, assessment, special-needs learners, and English learners.
*Increased attention to reading-writing connections and using digital tools.
*Incorporates the latest research and instructional procedures.

See also Handbook of Writing Research, Second Edition, edited by Charles A. MacArthur, Steve Graham, and Jill Fitzgerald, which provides a comprehensive overview of writing research that informs good practice.

I. Introduction
1. Evidence-Based Practices in Writing, Steve Graham & Karen R. Harris
II. Creating a Supportive Writing Environment
2. Setting Up the Writing Classroom, Linda Friedrich
3. Motivating Writers, Pietro Boscolo & Carmen Gelati
III. Writing for Different Purposes
4. Narrative Writing, Carol Booth Olson & Lauren Godfrey
5. Writing from Source Material, Michael Hebert
6. Argumentative Writing, Ralph P. Ferretti & William E. Lewis
7. Writing to Learn, Perry D. Klein, Katrina N. Haug, & Ashley Bildfell
8. Writing with Digital Tools, Rachel Karchmer-Klein
IV. Teaching Writing
9. Handwriting and Spelling, Rui Alexandre Alves, Teresa Limpo, Naymé Salas, & R. Malatesha Joshi
10. Sentence Construction, Bruce Saddler
11. Planning, Debra McKeown & Erin FitzPatrick
12. Evaluation and Revision, Charles A. MacArthur
13. Reading-Writing Connections, Timothy Shanahan
14. Assessing Writing, Joshua Wilson
15. Instruction for Students with Special Needs, Amy Gillespie Rouse
16. Instruction for English Learners, Adrian Pasquarella
Index