Writing to Learn

Writing to Learn
An Internet Hotlist on Writing to Learn

Introduction | Good Starting Places | Other Filamentality Sites | WAC: Michigan Department of Ed

Introduction
This is just a quick list of places to get started. I found several by going to the Filamentality home page and searching that site for 'Writing to Learn.'

The Internet Resources

College Writing Hotlist - Go here for grammar help and lots more links on different types of writing--persuasive writing, poetry, short stories, and more.
Developing Ideas for Writing - Offers a number of useful ideas, including an excellent section on asking questions.
Helping Students Write Better in All Courses - Excellent short section from the book Tools for Teaching by Barbara Gross Davis. Speaks directly to the content area teacher with straightforward, practical, and useful information.

Good Starting Places

ReadingQuest: Making Sense in Social Studies - A list of reading, writing, thinking strategies. This site is a rich resource for all teachers, not just those in the social studies department.
The National Writing Project - The National Writing Project site is packed with resources for teaching writing. Click on any of the 'Resources' at the bottom of the home page for more info than any of us have time to read.
The WAC Clearinghouse: Intro to Writing Across the Curriculum - Another great site with excellent information and examples. 'The WAC Clearinghouse is presented in partnership with the International Network of Writing-Across-the-Curriculum Programs.'* While anyone can access the information, you can also click on 'Home' to find out more about joining the network.

Other Filamentality Sites

Writing and reading strategies in science -
Writing in Art -
Writing to Learn - to Communicate and to Think -
Writing to Learn for English Language Learners (ELL) -
Writing to Learn in Foreign Language Classrooms - This is a PDF of an excellent article. If you have trouble gettting it to load on the Macs, try it on a PC. It loads fine for me on my home PC.
Writing to Learn in Math -

WAC: Michigan Department of Ed

Writing Across the Curriculum: English Language Arts - Booklet of great materials developed by the Michigan Department of Ed. Lots and lots of excellent resources. Presented online as a PDF, you can easily skip right to the sections you need by using hot links in the table of contents pages.
Writing Across the Curriculum: Science - Booklet of great materials developed by the Michigan Department of Ed. Lots and lots of excellent resources. Presented online as a PDF, you can easily skip right to the sections you need by using hot links in the table of contents pages.
Writing Across the Curriculum: Social Studies - Booklet of great materials developed by the Michigan Department of Ed. Lots and lots of excellent resources. Presented online as a PDF, you can easily skip right to the sections you need by using hot links in the table of contents pages.

Content by Pen Campbell, pcampbell@sjschools.org
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Last revised Thu Apr 16 5:48:29 US/Pacific 2009