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Ukon
Joined: 29 Jan 2008
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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 8:07 pm Post subject: Good books for teaching a writing class? |
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So I'm teaching a writing class once a week to high level middle school students....
Any good texts for teaching writing? They english is great so I don't need something too simple, but nothing at Univ. level.... |
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Yu_Bum_suk

Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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I really like Ready to Write and Getting Ready to Write by Blanchard and Root, though the subject matter is a bit boring for MS kids. |
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Spongebob Squarepants

Joined: 19 Oct 2007 Location: You wanna see my caring face?, ROK
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Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 2:37 am Post subject: |
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McGraw Hill publishes a decent series Access - Interactions - Mosaic.
If you grab the lowest level, it'll be sentences to paragraphs, is that what you're looking for in terms of level?
I say 'decent' because it does follow the process approach and is helpful for beginner writers as it guides them step by step through that process to writing a finished product. On the other hand, I use the highest level Mosaic 2 to teach essay and research paper writing, and the amount of supplementary material I have to bring in to fill in the gaps is substantial. |
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WoBW
Joined: 07 Dec 2007 Location: HBC
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Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 8:57 am Post subject: |
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I liked First Steps in Academic Writing by Ann Hogue. It also follows a process approach, and introduces the students to different kinds of sentence (simple, compound, complex) and different types of paragraph (e.g. time-otder, giving instructions, describing things).
Published by Longman. Yellow cover if you try to find it in a bookstore.
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frankly speaking
Joined: 23 Oct 2005
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Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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WOBW, I too like that book and find her other books very useful. However, you failed to read the OP's class. This is for middle school students not University level. They will not be doing advanced essay writing in middle school.
I second the Mcgraw hill series.
You also, might consider choosing some article that they might be interested in. Reading it, not only for content, but also for structure and style. Then have the students discuss and write summaries. At least to start. That will help them with comprehension of a topic and communication. After they learn to summarize, you can move into having them form their own opinions on topics and have them write. It might also be advantageous to spend a part of every class on error analysis especially focusing on native language interference.
Good luck on the class. I enjoy teaching writing a lot, but then again, I also write a lot. Every writing assignment that you give your students, you should write with them. That way you can see how difficult it is even for a native speaker to do some assignments. I often have difficulty coming up with a good argument and well structured ideas in a 20 minute class. |
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