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    Teaching Writing to Children: Narrative and Descriptive Writing: Teaching Writing, #1
    Teaching Writing to Children: Narrative and Descriptive Writing: Teaching Writing, #1
    Teaching Writing to Children: Narrative and Descriptive Writing: Teaching Writing, #1
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    Teaching Writing to Children: Narrative and Descriptive Writing: Teaching Writing, #1

    By Irene Taylor

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    Are you an elementary grade teacher looking for some ideas for teaching writing to your class? Are you a new teacher, just getting started and hoping to add some ideas to your "bag of tricks?" Are you a homeschool parent wanting to enhance the writing skills that you are teaching your child? Or are you someone who just loves kids and writing? If so, this book is for you.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIrene Taylor
    Release dateSep 25, 2011
    ISBN9781465727275
    Teaching Writing to Children: Narrative and Descriptive Writing: Teaching Writing, #1
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    Irene Taylor

    I am a teacher with over 25 years' experience. My articles have appeared in The Education Center's publications and in Adirondack Family Magazine.

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      Teaching Writing to Children - Irene Taylor

      Teaching Writing to Children:

      Narrative and Descriptive Writing

      by

      Irene Taylor

      Smashwords Edition

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      Published by Irene Taylor on Smashwords

      Teaching Writing to Children:

      Narrative and Descriptive Writing

      Copyright © 2011 by Irene Taylor

      Cover photograph copyright © 2011 by Irene Taylor

      Standard Edition License Notes

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      Are you an elementary grade teacher looking for some ideas for teaching writing to your class? Are you a new teacher, just getting started and hoping to add some ideas to your bag of tricks? Are you a homeschool parent wanting to enhance the writing skills that you are teaching your child? Or are you someone who just loves kids and writing? If so, this book is for you.

      Introduction

      Teaching Writing to Children is really a general course that will give you ways to get your kids writing right away. Specific topics include two of the four basic writing genres: narration (all children love to tell stories!) and description (adding detail to their writing will help students' work come alive).

      This is a hands-on, low tech course that is written for grades 3-6, but the ideas can be adapted for any grade level. This is an old-fashioned pen and paper writing course. There are no computer games, word processing exercises, or information on screen-based writing, though any of the exercises can be converted to use on computers, iPads or other technology. Just be sure that your students focus on their writing, and not on the pretty fonts and other formatting that can be added after their ideas are set.

      Some research has been done in the area of physical writing with a pen versus composing on a computer, and while both are useful skills, some benefits of actually writing by hand have been found. This slower process may lead to greater cognitive development, or as the famous William Zinsser once wrote, Writing is thinking on paper - and we all want our students to become better thinkers!

      In this course there are also lessons on some writing

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