Designing Writing Assignments

by Traci Gardner

Effective student writing begins with well-designed classroom assignments. In _Designing Writing Assignments_, veteran educator Traci Gardner offers practical ways for teachers to develop assignments that will allow students to express their creativity and grow as writers and thinkers while still addressing the many demands of resource-stretched classrooms. Gardner explores how to balance pedagogical and curricular goals with the needs of multiple learners while managing everyday challenges such as mandates, testing, and the paper load.Gardner uses her classroom experience to provide ideas on how to effectively define a writing task, explore the expectations for a composition activity, and assemble the supporting materials that students need to do their best work. This book includes dozens of starting points that teachers can customize and further develop for the students in their own classrooms.

Genres: Teaching, Writing

109 pages, Paperback

First published February 21, 2008

Reviews

[Mark · Rating 4 out of 5]

Based on the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) "Beliefs About the Teaching of Writing," the author prsents several solid ideas for the design of writing assignments.

Though my assignments fall within the NCTE "Beliefs," I did get ideas for tweaking them and for making the assignment sheets even more readable.

A good book.

[Dana · Rating 5 out of 5]

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