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Chapter 11: Teaching the Mechanical Skills of Writing

Spelling

• How Children Learn to Spell

• Helping Children Become Better Spellers

• Explicit Instruction in Spelling

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Grammar

• Trade Secret 11.1 Building Language: A Constructivist Approach to Grammar

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Capitalization and Punctuation

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Handwriting

• Manuscript or Cursive Style?

• Vertical or Slanted Form?

• Handwriting Instruction

• Left-Handed Writers

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Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners

• Special Feature 11.1 The Writing Development of English Language Learners

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Strategies for Teaching Children with Special Needs: Spelling Instruction

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Family Focus: Helping Children with Spelling

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Whole Unit Summary

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