Writing Better
Wisconsin Bookwatch, Sept, 2005
Writing Better
Steve Graham & Karen R. Harris
Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., Inc.
Box 10624, Baltimore, MD 21285-0624
www.brookespublishing.com
1557667047 $25.00 www.amazon.com
Special Education professors Steve Graham, Ed.D. and Karen Harris, Ed.D. combine their talents in Writing Better: Effective Strategies For Teaching Students With Learning Difficulties, a methodical and practical guide for educators. Chapters address genre specific writing strategies, paragraph-writing, goal-setting, brainstorming and other strategies, ways of fostering self-monitoring and self-regulating writing skills, and more. An invaluable, practical resource that explains its ideas in depth with boxed tips and numerous examples, supported heavily with research and classroom experience.
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