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Rain, Steam, and Speed: Building Fluency in Adolescent Writers
Rain, Steam, and Speed: Building Fluency in Adolescent Writers
Gerald Fleming
Meredith Pike-Baky
ISBN: 978-0-7879-7456-5
©2004
240 pages
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Many books focus on teaching the technical skills and processes of writing, but few works address issues of fluency – how to help students write with ease and facility on a variety of topics. Even when students understand the drafting and revision stages of the writing process, they often stall when confronted with a writing task, feeling they lack ideas or language, or that they have "nothing to say." This book offers a carefully structured approach for helping students to overcome writing blocks so they can communicate quickly, confidently, and thoughtfully when the demand arises. The process works well with students of varied abilities and experience, including English learners. Featuring 150 writing exercises on provocative topics, the book includes everything a teacher needs to know to inspire and engage students in systematic writing practice, including classroom protocols, assessment, grading, and feedback approaches.  

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