VALRC Resources

• GED as Project: Language Arts, Writing
  This resource takes an inquiry approach to the writing portion of the GED Tests and includes printable student activities and information on scoring the GED essay.

Internet Resources

• Writing Next
  This important report synthesizes current research to provide 11 proven strategies for effective writing instruction.
• Elements for Better Writing from the Writing Next Report
  This two-page summary relates Writing Next to adult education.
• A Process Approach to ESOL Writing Instruction: The Basics
  This overview of process writing will be useful to all instructors, but particularly to teachers of ESOL.
• Writing: Keeping It Real
  This short, helpful article discusses incorporating writing into the adult education classroom in an authentic way.
• Focus on Basics: Writing Instruction
  This 1999 writing-themed issue of Focus on Basics includes valuable articles on writing research and theory, student and teacher perspectives and assumptions, journaling, activities for beginning writers, and more.
• Teaching Writing to Diverse Student Populations
  This article identifies the qualities of strong writing instruction and offers advice to teachers for incorporating writing instruction into their practice, using tools like notebooks and journals as well as strategies that reinforce the importance of pre-writing and revision.
• Writing in the 21st Century
  This reader-friendly report provides a historical overview of writing instruction in America and suggests responses to digital technologies.
• Strategy Instruction in Writing for Adult Literacy Learners: A Summary
  A rare study of writing instruction with adult basic education learners, this summary explains how a strategy instruction approach to teaching persuasive writing resulted in learner gains.