Transforming Talk Into Text--Argument Writing, Inquiry, and Discussion, Grades 6-12

by Thomas M. McCann

Book Overview

Author Thomas McCann invites readers to rethink their approach to teaching writing by capitalizing on students' instinctive desire to talk. Drawing on extensive classroom research, he shows teachers how to craft class discussions that build students' skills of analysis, problem solving, and argumentation as a means of improving student writing. McCann demonstrates how authentic discussions immerse learners in practices that become important when...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807755885
• ISBN13: 9780807755884
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"