A New And Innovative Approach To Teaching The Mechanics Of Writing!-- Describes clearly each capitalization and punctuation convention, clarifying for-- Includes student writing samples demonstrating the convention used properly.-- Offers writing activities that feature the convention, giving student writers theThe evidence associated with writing performance across the United States shows a lack of conventional control in writing. The instructional reaction to the evidence has always been to ignore it or to worksheet it to death. This book provides a much-needed third alternative that features serious attention to the writer's craft in a thoughtful, constructive, and authentic manner.This book rests on the proposition that attention to capitalization and punctuation has failed to enhance young writers performances because the attention has not occurred in the context of the writers own writing. Therefore, this book is not only about writing conventions, it is also about teaching and learning in the context of young writers own writing.
- ISBN10 0205267645
- ISBN13 9780205267644
- Publish Date 11 September 1997
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 23 April 2013
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Pearson Education (US)
- Format Paperback
- Pages 176
- Language English