Teaching Writing in Mixed-Language Classrooms: Powerful Writing Strategies for All Students

By Joanne Yatvin

As classrooms become more and more diverse, teachers are faced with the challenge of meeting the needs of all their students--both English-speaking students and English Language Learners. Teaching writing is especially challenging in these mixed-language classrooms. In this book, a national literacy leader offers a variety of techniques for teaching writing that will motivate all students, while also providing ELLs with the supports they need. The techniques include using patterns--song, rhymes, and playground games; short forms, such as slogans and mottos; frames for scaffolding standard writing forms like letters and invitations; and highly structured genres, such as fairy tales and legends. These engaging structured writing experiences will help all students develop the skills they need to write with confidence.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0545115906
• ISBN13: 9780545115902
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources (Theory and Practice)
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.5" x 7.3"
• Age Range: 5 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 5