Beschreibung:
Ask successful writers and they'll tell you, the key to writing well is revision. Ask elementary school teachers and they'll tell you, the real challenge of writing instruction is teaching kids how to revise. Ruth Culham is both a successful writer and a writing teacher, and she's discovered how to teach writing and revision in a way that's accessible to both teacher and students.
Introduction; Part I: Read the Writing; 1: Thinking Back and Thinking Forward; 2: Formative Assessment: The Heart of the Matter; 3: Modes of Writing:; 4: Tools and Talk to Guide Revision; Part II: Teach the Writer; 5: Rethinking Revision: The Real Work of Writing; 6: Invigorate Writing Instruction; 7: Reading Like a Writer