Writing by Doing: Learning to Write Effectively

by Elaine Hughes

Provides instruction in personal writing, paragraph writing, longer compositions, and language skills, with activities and exercises for practice and review. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0844259098
• ISBN13: 9780844259093
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Glencoe
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.6" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

A Teacher's Best Friend

Any teacher of English who is looking to expand the writing skills of his/her students should at least look at this workbook. WRITING BY DOING is a wonderful book filled with skill-oriented lessons designed to create effective writers. The lessons provided are conceptual and student-centered. The students needs and skills are addressed allowing anyone at any level to improve their writing ability and skills. The only drawback ro negative to using this is that it is a paper and pencil activity driven book. However, teachers of English will udnerstand that paper and pencil activity is at the heart of writing; so why not use a text that is designed to attract and focus on the students enhancement of skill rather than of skill and drill concepts? Teachers of english or who incorporate writing into their curriculum should peruse this book for ideas and resources to implement within their own instruction to enhance their students writing skills.