Writing to Respond: Cultivating a Habit

By Martha Joseph Watts and Vaughn K. Registe

This directional guide for interacting with text can be modified for students on almost any level. It provides a map for stimulating reluctant readers and writers, a platform for creativity, and a private place for nurturing accuracy.
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Writing to Respond to an Article was created by Martha Joseph Watts to encourage students to read magazines with meaning while at the same time improving their writing skills in a non-threatening way.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Oct 16, 2012
• ISBN: 9781477154533

Martha Joseph Watts

Dr. Martha Joseph Watts is an educational consultant and teacher trainer with more than a decade of proven results in providing professional training to teachers and school administrators. By engaging both one-on-one coaching and team-building methodologies, Watts develops resources for improving students’ performance in reading and writing across content areas. This second installment to her Writing to Respond series bears evidence of her mastery. A graduate of Dominica Teachers Training College, University of the Virgin Islands, and Walden University, Dr. Watts has taught on various levels of the academic spectrum—from elementary school to higher education. Thus, she acquired firsthand experience managing the challenges and identifying the opportunities that are presented daily to teachers and administrators. She has been recognized for her contributions to the teaching of the humanities and continues to share her passion at summer institutes and conferences with the Daytona and Virgin Islands Writing Projects, and ASCD. She is married and has one son.

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Contents

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Dedication

Acknowledgement

A Note to Parents and Teachers

A Note to Students

Purpose

Here’s How

You are now on your own

Opportunities to Shine

Your turn

Student Sample

Works Cited

My Journal

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Martha Joseph Watts’ new book, Writing to Respond: Cultivating a Habit, is an answer to each teacher’s/parent’s cry for help. This five-step process is aimed at cultivating a habit of writing in students through structure and practice. As a teacher of writing, I eagerly embrace this book as it engages students in writing and critical thinking. It requires students to become actively engaged with the text by asking them to respond with their ideas and experiences and by using new words, thus enhancing their vocabulary.

This student-friendly text empowers students by inviting them to express their reactions, thus forcing them to entertain opposing views while applying principles of argumentation. It