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Handbook of Writing Strategies
by Jeanette Atkinson and Vicki DeRue with various contributors
Directed and edited by Joanne Picone-Zocchia, Giselle O. Martin-Kniep, Ph.D.
Preview pages: 1, 6, 7, 8, 146-161 

The handbook is designed as a learning and resource tool for teachers, K-12. It is organized around eight dimensions of writing that are central to helping students use writing as a tool for meaningful communication: planning, developing ideas, organization, use of language, voice, mechanics and conventions, comprehension and genre understanding. The handbook includes an overview of the writing process as well as practical lessons and lesson adaptations that illustrate how to use specific writing strategies with students K-12. Lesson design templates are included for teachers to revise sample lessons or to write their own lessons using the strategies described in the handbook.