Ages 9-18
Essay Writing: Teaching The Basics From The Ground Up
Jock Mackenzie
Get back to basics with this practical look at the foundations of good essay writing!
With personal and classroom anecdotes, ideas and strategies, samples and photocopiable worksheets, this cheerful and accessible book offers real-life advice that both teachers and students can really use.
Each chapter contains easy-to-use lesson plans, along with tips for teaching specific concepts that range from pre-writing exercises to revising and editing, and celebrating the final result. Including a wide range of innovative approaches to teaching essay writing, the author also provides assessment tools and simple marking techniques that consider not just the essay, but also effort and time involved.
This down-to-earth look at the foundations of good essay writing is full of useful ideas and strategies that help students:
- build skills in writing on a wide range of topics;
- distinguish between formal and informal writing;
- use effective pre-writing techniques such as brainstorming, making an outline, gathering information, and evaluating the relevance of information;
- gain confidence as they begin to recognise what works and what doesn't;
- develop writing and communication skills that will be valuable throughout their lives.
Contents
Introduction; What is an Essay?; First Things First; Assessment and Marking; Before Writing Begins; The Body of the Essay; Beginnings and Endings; After Writing; Types of Essays; A Final Word: Celebrate; Bibliography; Index
2007 96pp paperback
978-1-55138-210-4
£19.99
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