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Real World Writing for Secondary Students: Teaching the College Admission Essay and Other Gate-Openers for Higher Education (Language & Literacy)
Meredith Decosta Jessica Singer Early
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Description for Real World Writing for Secondary Students: Teaching the College Admission Essay and Other Gate-Openers for Higher Education (Language & Literacy)
Hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: CBW; JNLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
One of the most important ways to scaffold a successful transition from high school to college is to teach real-world, gate-opening writing genres, such as college admission essays. This book describes a writing workshop for ethnically and linguistically diverse high school students, where students receive instruction on specific genre features of the college admission essay. The authors present both the theoretical grounding and the concrete strategies teachers crave, including an outline of specific workshop lessons, teaching calendars, and curricular suggestions. This text encourages secondary teachers to think of writing as a vital tool for all students to succeed academically and ... Read more
One of the most important ways to scaffold a successful transition from high school to college is to teach real-world, gate-opening writing genres, such as college admission essays. This book describes a writing workshop for ethnically and linguistically diverse high school students, where students receive instruction on specific genre features of the college admission essay. The authors present both the theoretical grounding and the concrete strategies teachers crave, including an outline of specific workshop lessons, teaching calendars, and curricular suggestions. This text encourages secondary teachers to think of writing as a vital tool for all students to succeed academically and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Teachers College Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780807753873
SKU
V9780807753873
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99-3
About Meredith Decosta Jessica Singer Early
Jessica Singer Early is an assistant professor of English Education in the Department of English at Arizona State University, USA and the director of the Central Arizona Writing Project. Meredith DeCosta is a teaching fellow of the Louisville Writing Project who has also taught writing courses at Arizona State University, USA and English language arts at the high ... Read more
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