Writing Instruction K-6: Understanding Process, Purpose, Audience

Turbill (education, University of Wollongong, Australia) and Bean, a literacy instruction consultant, help K-6 teachers enhance their writing instruction by refocusing on writing as a social process and emphasizing the need for even young students to consider audience, purpose, and genre when writing. Staff development activities, examples and analyses of children's writing, and a variety of practical formative assessments and monitoring forms are included. Annotation 2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)