Within and Beyond the Writing Process in the Secondary English Classroom

by Lois Matz Rosen, Reade W. Dornan, Marilyn J. Wilson

Book Overview

This book combines an up-to-date, balanced, and integrated approach to writing instruction, focusing on both composition theory and practice. Within and Beyond the Writing Process in the Secondary... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0205305768
• ISBN13: 9780205305766
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.6" x 9.7"

Customer Reviews

Within and beyond the writing process

I think this book is great for students and teachers alike. For teachers it could add an entire new angle to their teaching game plan and help them understand what it's like to be a student, in case they forgot what its like. And for students this book will help them realize that there is no cut and dry way to write a formal paper or an informal piece. That you are, who you are, and that will effect the theory on writing that is right for you.Personally, I think this book was an easy read. I liked the fact that the book talked about having a personal connection with your writing. I also liked the fact that it stressed that being a product of your culture and past effects how and what you will write. That who you are could enhance your writing. This was an important messege to me because I have always been told that the word "I" should never be in formal writing. But now I know you can still be apart of what ever you write.

Book for teachers

Within and Beyond the Writing Process In the Secondary English Classroom written by Reade Dornan, L ois Rosen and Marilyn Wilson was a very informative read. I liked how it included examples of current teachers. It is easier for me to learn how to do things by seeing others examples and what worked and didn't work for them. The pictures of the webs and sample work sheets made what they wrote easier to understand. This book covers grammar, research, the writing process and more. It wasn't a difficult read, but it definitely didn't flow like most that I have read. This book I would recommend for middle and high school teachers.

within and beyond the writing process in the secondary engli

One thing that I liked about this book was the broad range of information about writing. I enjoyed the research paper section because it helped me organize and write my own research paper. I also like how I can just look up certain objectives and not have to read the whole book. This book covers everything from the aspects of writing with every type of writing and also you learn grammar and language. I recommend this book for any teacher and especially English teacher who may need to refer to a text to brush up on what they learned though out school. Also this is a good book for anyone who even likes to write and wants to write well. It will help you become an great writer and is an easy and great read.

Helpful Hints!

This book is very beneficial for anyone who is-or wants-to pursue a career in teaching English. Within and Beyond the Writing process in the Secondary English Classroom, by Dorman, Rosen, Wilson, and Rosen, affectively explains methods of teaching different forms of writing. Journal entries, analyzing literature, essays, research papers, and grammar are only some of the topics covered in this book. Although this book is written like a manual, it provides easy, step-by-step methods, as well as suggested worksheets and exercises to use. Overall, I felt this book was full of helpful information and ideas that will make any form of writing easier to teach.

writing and beyond

Within and beyond the Writing Process by Reade Dornan, Lois Rosen, and Marilyn Wilson is an excellent find for secondary English teachers. Writing Process gives a reason to write, asking and answering the simple question of, "Why writing?" "Writing is thinking," "Writing is a language process," "We learn to write by writing," and many more answers are given to tne question. One of the ways the book invites you to interact is with the Think/Write blocks. These blocks have you stop reading and write. The writing can be about personal thoughts, opinion about the prior passage, or many other interesting subjects. This book touches on the writing process, writing workshops, grammar, research papers, and much more. This book would be great for the English teacher having a hard time getting her class to love writing. The writing blocks can be used in the classroom as journal entries or essays. The secondary English teacher should scoop this book up to begin exciting their class.