The Virtual Library:
Teaching Writing

Click to return to: VIRTUAL LIBRARY TABLE OF CONTENTS

Help Students Develop Standards for Evaluating Their Work: A first-grade teacher outlines his approach to improving students' writing. By teaching self-assessment, Jim Henry sows the seeds for a mature, abstract understanding of the writing process.

Budding Writers Go to Camp in Antioch: Visit a unique camp for Antioch middle schoolers where students revel in their own writing.

California Students Write Criminal Sentences: The results are in! Rich in statistics, this article reports on the 1998 Writing Achievement Test, administered across the nation to students in grades four through twelve. Learn about the test's content and objectives and read a student response to one of the questions.

Johnny Can't Write, Either: Why did California eighth-graders perform below the national average on the 1998 Writing Achievement Test? This brief editorial suggests some possible explanations and calls for change.