1st Edition
Why Johnny Can't Write How to Improve Writing Skills
136 Pages
by
Routledge
136 Pages
by
Routledge
136 Pages
by
Routledge
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The authors of this book, both experienced teachers, examine the controversy surrounding two popular methods for teaching writing -- the "process" approach and its offspring, Writing Across the Curriculum. Both have recently been called into question for their ineffectiveness. An alternative lesser-known procedure called "sentence combining," which has been proven successful in numerous studies... Read more
Contents: Johnny's Country is Losing Business. Grammar: The Ineffectual Monster. Sentence Combining to Open Options. The Writing Process: Product of the Learning-to-Write Process. Text Reconstruction: Flying by Imitation. Writing, Talking, and Notetaking Across the Curriculum. Chickens and Thoughts. The Inquiry Method. Teaching Usage and Functional Grammar. Additional Sentence Combining Ideas. A House Divided: Literature Versus Writing. Un-Shotgunning and De-Pack Ratting.
Biography
Myra J. Linden, Arthur Whimbey
"...important, even necessary reading....It treats, at an appropriate level of detail, the issues surrounding the teaching of writing. It presents all positions respectfully, without acrimony or the attribution of bad motives that mar some educational debates. Finally, it proposes a defensible answer to a critically important question: How can Johnny be taught to write better?"
—NASSP Bulletin
