Teaching and Learning Argumentative Writing in High School English Language Arts Classrooms

by George E. Newell, Alan Hirvela, David Bloome, et al.

Book Overview

Focused on the teaching and learning argumentative writing in grades 9-12, this important contribution to literacy education research and classroom practice offers a new perspective, a set of principled practices, and case studies of excellent teaching. The case studies illustrate teaching and learning argumentative writing as the construction of knowledge and new understandings about experiences, ideas, and texts. Six themes key to teaching argumentative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138017434
• ISBN13: 9781138017436
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"