Writers in Training [Paperback]

Rebekah Caplan (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Dale Seymour Publications (June 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0866512039
• ISBN-13: 978-0866512039
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,007,796 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Writers in Training, September 23, 2001

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Virginia Osborne (Oxford, OH United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Writers in Training (Paperback)

This book transformed my professional life. Having students write a short amount for homework every day and talk about their writing for 5 minutes a day dramatically improves their writing plus it lightens your load as a teacher. And the students start to realize that they can write to entertain each other. They get involved in their own and each other's writing. It is so much fun when students come in saying "Read mine!" or "Read Joey's." I highly recommend this book to English teachers from 4th to 12th grades.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The single best book on teaching writing, February 2, 2002

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laceyvail "laceyvail" (Greenville, WV United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Writers in Training (Paperback)

I've been using this book in various teaching situations ranging from one-on-one tutoring to mini-courses to classroom situations for over 15 years. PUT IT BACK IN PRINT. PROMOTE IT. It is the single best book on the teaching of writing I've ever seen. It gets right to the heart of what good writing is, shows how to give writers lots of practice in mastering the skill, shows how to give them practice in evaluating their own and others' work and builds real writing skills without the artificial exercises found in so many other books. There's nothing else like it around.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT TEACHING TOOL!, May 20, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Writers in Training (Paperback)

This book was given to me by a relative of mine in order to help me through my first year as an English teacher. It has truly helped me teach my students to become detailed writers. In addition, it has made writing in my class a fun activity, rather than just a chore. The author presents daily ENTERTAINING writing assignments that are the base for writing expository, persuasive, and compare/contrast pieces, along with a research report. I have found this book to be very valuable and highly recommend it, so much so, that it will be a gift to one of my colleagues who will begin teaching English next year.