This updated edition of the best-selling book Because Writing Matters reflects the most recent research and reports on the need for teaching writing, and it includes new sections on writing and English language learners, technology, and the writing process.
About the Author
The National Writing Project (NWP) is a nationwide professional development program for teachers begun in 1974 at the University of California, Berkeley. Through its extensive network of teachers, the NWP seeks to promote exemplary instruction of writing in every classroom in America.
Carl Nagin is a journalist, editor, and teacher. He has worked for the PBS series Frontline, and his articles have appeared in such national publications as The New Yorker, the New York Times, and Art and Antiques where his writing was nominated for a National Magazine Award. He taught writing at both the high school and college level for more than fifteen years as a faculty member at Harvard University and the New England Conservatory of Music.
New to Edition
Updated to reflect most recent research and reports on the necessity for teaching writing. Includes new sections on Writing and English Language Learners and on Technology and the Writing Process
Features
The definitive guide to teaching writing effectively in schools
Sponsored/authored by the nation's most respected organization concerned with writing in schools
Updated to reflect most recent research and reports on the necessity for teaching writing .
Includes new sections on Writing and English Language Learners and on Technoogy and the Writing Process.
Recommendations are based on solid research and practices
Action steps are priroitized from the easily-achieved to the larger and longer-term.
