Teaching Writing in the Caribbean

This book provides pre-service Caribbean teachers and educators with contextually tested, robust strategies and ways of thinking about writing instruction which will improve their students' writing proficiency. It engages with the post-colonial context of Caribbean language teaching to offer a pedagogical methodology that is distinctive in its approach to the teaching of writing within the Caribbean and its diaspora. It offers a wealth of examples, strategies, activities and tasks that are culturally sensitive to support the practice of writing educators in secondary and post-secondary institutions, teacher educators involved in teacher preparation, students studying at the university level in the Caribbean, as well as practitioners and researchers in the practice of Caribbean approaches to the teaching of writing to students within the diaspora. Written by experts and practitioners whose content and pedagogical experience with writing instruction spans primary, secondary and tertiary level classrooms, the 14 chapters are underpinned by evidence-informed practice. The text includes authentic classroom examples as well as templates and tools for educators. This is a key resource for educators teaching writing across all levels, pre-service teachers and teacher educators in the Caribbean, as well as researchers and scholars in language and literacy education.

Sandra Robinson is Lecturer in English and Language Arts Education in the School of Education at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus. Victor C. Simpson is retired Senior Lecturer in Hispanic Caribbean Literature at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. Krishna Seunarinesingh is Lecturer, Teaching of English at the School of Education, the University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago.

Foreword - Beverley Bryan Preface -Teaching Writing as Necessity and Skill - Sandra Robinson, Victor Simpson and Krishna Seunarinesingh Framing a Perspective of Writing with Teachers in Mind Writing Teachers: Transforming the Knowledge of Writing into the Teaching of Writing - Sandra Robinson, Victor Simpson and Krishna Seunarinesingh Chapter 2 - Krishna Seunarinesingh Chapter 3 Establishing a Context for Writing - Adeola Matthew Chapter 4 - Sandra Robinson Constructing Writing through Research, Planning and Use of Technology Chapter 5: Perspectives on Writing Research - Marise Butler Chapter 6 Technology and Writing in the English Classroom -Judith Hatt and Krishna Seunarinesingh Chapter 7 Designing Writing for Teaching: Principles and Practices - Angelina Polius Chapter 8 Planning for Writing - Using the Unit and Lesson to Shape Writing Instruction -Desryn Collins Chapter 9 - Victor Simpson Chapter 10 Enabling Student Writing through Note Taking - Kelvin Quintyne Chapter 11 - Janice Jules and Korah Belgrave Chapter 12 Responding to Student Writing - Lynette Tyson-Noel Supporting Students' Writing Experience Through Practice: Strategies and Activities Writing Strategies that Work - Karen Thomas and Yvonne Alexis-Jones Chapter 14 - Karen Thomas and Sharon Philip with Andrea Keizer-Bowman Teaching Writing Across the Curriculum - Janice Jules, Bernisa Roberts, Lydia Quinn and Gillian Fleary-Lazarus with Veronica Simon Chapter 16 Index Appendices - Helpful resources - Some strategies that work - Useful websites Templates Resources