Teaching
Expository Writing: A Guide to Online Sources
Created by Mary Pinard
Style Manual:
Turabian,
Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. 6th
ed. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1996.
Introduction
Bibliography Pathfinder
Annotated Bibliography
1.
Central California Writing Project. CCWP Newsletter.
[WWW page]. Available at <http://humwww.ucsc.edu/CCWP/newsletter.html>
[Accessed 16 February, 2001].
Provides access to articles of the Central California
Writing Project’s newsletter. This
newsletter publishes information of interest to writing teachers, such as
research on teaching writing, articles by local teachers about their research experiences,
opinions on educational policy and insights on the teaching of writing.
2.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology. AskEric.
[online database]. Available at <http://ericir.syr.edu/Eric/index.shtml>
[Accessed 28 February, 2001].
This site provides free access to the ERIC database. The database indexes over a million
education-related articles, reports, and other documents. Hundreds of articles about teaching writing
to students of all ages are available, as are lesson plans for writing teachers
and sample writing assignments. A limited number of full-text documents are
available on line.
3.
H.W. Wilson Company. Education Abstracts.
[online database]. Available at <http://www.hwwilson.com>
[Accessed 28 February, 2001].
This database indexes over 400 journals, reports and other
documents in the field of education. Included are articles about theories and
methods of teaching writing to students of all ages. Available through NWIC’s
subscription to the Wilson databases.
Full-text access to a number of articles written by Sharon
Kingen that summarize concepts and methods important to writing teachers. Much
of the information is drawn from philosophical works and serves as a good
introduction to current theories on teaching writing, creating assignments,
motivating students to write, and assessing students’ work.
5. National
Council for Teachers of English. [WWW page]. Available at <http://www.ncte.org/ > [Accessed 1 February,
2001].
This association website provides guidelines and position statements published by
NCTE. It presents informed views on important issues in teaching English, ideas
for assignments and activities, access to listservs, and tools and resources
specific to elementary, middle, secondary, and college English teachers.
6. National
Council for Teachers of English Research in the Teaching of English. [WWW
page]. Available at <http://www.ncte.org/rte/
> [Accessed 1 February, 2001].
Online access provided to back issues of RTE. Included in the numerous articles about
teaching English is a very interesting article (http://www.ncte.org/rte/newkirk.html)
that discusses the particular difficulty young children have with expository
writing.
7. National Research Center on English Learning and
Achievement. English Update.
[WWW page]. Available at <http://cela.albany.edu/newsletter.htm>.
[Accessed 15 February 2001].
Archives of issues back to Fall, 1996. Articles cover a
wide range of topics in the field of English education, including many about
teaching writing to young students.
8. National Research Center on English Learning and
Achievement. Research Reports.
[WWW page]. Available at <http://cela.albany.edu/reports.htm>
[Accessed 15 February, 2001].
Provides access to
education research reports back to 1989. PDF versions of full texts are
available for many reports. As with English
Update, these reports cover a wide range of English education topics,
including many on teaching writing to young students.
9. The
National Writing Project. Resources:
Technical Reports and Occasional Papers [WWW page]. Available at: <http://www.writingproject.org/Resources/techreports.html>
[Accessed 16 February, 2001].
The mission of the National Writing Project (NWP) is to
improve the teaching of writing in the nation's schools. This website provides
access to articles (in PDF format) from NWP’s newsletter, The Voice, and
the program’s professional journal, The Quarterly, on topics related to
improving writing education. Users can also access abstracts and some full-text
versions of the Center for the Study of Writing's Technical Reports and
Occasional Papers.
10.
Northwest Regional Education Laboratory. 6+1 Traits
of Writing. [WWW page]. Available at <http://www.nwrel.org/eval/writing/
> [Accessed 17 February, 2001].
This is the website for the 6+1 Traits of Writing
program, a method for teaching writing that is used throughout the U.S. A detailed explanation of the program, along
with strategies for teaching writing, curriculum ideas and writing activities
for all grade levels are freely available from the website.
11.
OWL at Purdue University. OWL Handouts: Complete
Index by Topic. [WWW page]. Available at: <http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html>
[Accessed 1 February, 2001].
The Purdue University Online Writing lab provides access to
nearly 200 handouts for students and teachers.
Topics covered include essay planning, revising, genres, research
papers, punctuation, and grammar. Also available are example writing exercises
with answer keys. These handouts are
appropriate for older or more advanced students.
Lots of links to helpful resources for writing teachers,
including citation guides, online writing labs, and ELS resources. Especially helpful are the links found
halfway down the page at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/internet/resources/genre.html.
These cover curriculum development, lesson plans, booklists and other resources
specific to K-12 writing teachers.
13. Steele,
Kimberly. Ideas for Teaching Writing. [WWW page]. Available at <http://www.angelfire.com/ks/teachme/writing.html
> [Accessed 16 February, 2001].
Access dozens of articles about teaching writing to students
grades K-12. Ideas for teaching the writing process, organization of writing,
voice, word choice, sentence fluency and writing conventions are provided. The
author uses the 6+1 Traits of Writing method (see above), thus most
information available on this site is related to or influenced by the tenets of
this method.
14.
U.S. Department of Education. The U.S. Department of
Education. [WWW page]. Available at <http://www.ed.gov/>
[Accessed 1 February, 2001].
Official website of the U.S. Department of Education. A search function is available, which
searches all pages contained in the website. Numerous ERIC Digests on writing education
are available, as are a limited number of research reports, government
documents and other publications about writing instruction.
15. U.S.
Department of Education – Office of Educational Research and Improvement. Help Your Child Learn to Write Well. [WWW
page]. Available at <http://www.ed.gov./pubs/parents/Writing/index.html>
[Accessed 1 February, 2001].
Provides parents with tips and strategies for helping their
children learn to write well. This page suggest activities for parents with
children who are just learning to write, which not only help in the acquisition
of writing skills, but also teach good writing habits for the future. The
activities described could be used in the classroom as well as at home.
16. Western
Canadian Protocol for Collaboration in Basic Education Common Curriculum
Framework. Kindergarten to Grade 9
English Language Arts Resources: Annotated Bibliography. [WWW site].
Available at < http://www.wcp.ca/ela/ela-annbib.pdf
> [Accessed 16 February, 2001].
Although a Canadian work, this bibliography could prove
extremely useful to any teacher. This
272-page bibliography identifies and evaluates English and language arts
resources. All sources are evaluated by
education professionals and annotated with a physical description, comments,
cautions, and ordering information.
Included are teacher resources, reference handbooks, and teaching
materials, as well as anthologies, student books and materials, and sources in
alternative media, such as videos and audiotapes. This is an excellent source
for educators looking for resources, teaching aids and other materials for
teaching writing to young students.
This site contains essays by Chris Wolfe, as well “interviews”
of writing educators, compiled from their published works. The site focuses on teaching the writing
process and teaching writing revision, and provides teachers and education
students with methods that have proven effective for other writing teachers.
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Introduction
Bibliography
Pathfinder