Teaching Writing to Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic Learners

Donovan R. Walling is a writer, editor, educator, and consultant. He serves as a senior consultant for the Center for Civic Education. He has taught art, English, and journalism in the United States and abroad and has worked as a curriculum administrator in public school districts in Wisconsin and Indiana. From 1993 until 2006 he was director of publications for the education association Phi Delta Kappa International.

This resource offers differentiated teaching techniques and sample lessons for writing and thinking skills that emphasize fluency, artistry, walkabout strategies, pattern and rhythm, and more!

AcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorIntroduction1. Writing Processes and Differentiated Instruction Assembly-Line Writing Teaching Writing for Meaning Learning Styles and Differentiated Instruction Stimulus, Process, and Product Learning Styles Self-Assessment References2. Writing About Real Things School Writing Versus Authentic Writing Multidimensional Authentic Response Writing And Then: The Process Phase Pathways to Fluency Sample Lesson 2.1: Respond As a ___ Might Sample Lesson 2.2: Multidimensional Authentic Response Writing References3. Observing, Then Writing Sensory Reportage Visual Reportage Auditory Reportage Kinesthetic Reportage Translation Into Different Forms Sense Exploration Writing Up the Taxonomy Sample Lesson 3.1: Template and Checklist Strategies Sample Lesson 3.2: Observation and Sensory Reportage References4. Organizing Artistically Pearls-on-a-String Organization Inductive and Deductive Organization Inverted Pyramid Organization Identifying Key Ideas Another Translation: Factual Reportage Sample Lesson 4.1: Gathering and Organizing Information Sample Lesson 4.2: Artistic Organization5. Clarifying Ideas Using Walkabout Strategies Walkabouts Paragraph Walkabouts Auditory and Kinesthetic Paragraph Walkabouts Collaborative Planning, Drafting, and Revising Guide on the Side Sample Lesson 5.1: Paragraph Walkabout and Sense Exploration Sample Lesson 5.2: Paragraph Walkabout Analysis6. Using Patterns and Rhythms for Writing Sense Discerning and Adjusting Patterns and Rhythms Translating the Visual and the Auditory for Kinesthetic Learning Brevity, Elaboration, and Conceptual Density Outlining to Revise Sample Lesson 6.1: Outlining to Revise - and Revising Sample Lesson 6.2: Patterns and Rhythms for Writing Sense7. Choosing the Right Words Basic Words: Nouns and Verbs Correct and Politically Correct More Basic Words: Adjectives and Adverbs Brevity Spelling Improvement Sample Lesson 7.1: Reviewing the Words Sample Lesson 7.2: Up Close: Choosing the Right Words References8. Increasing Focused Engagement Selective Correction The Importance of Portfolios Making and Using Rubrics Rubrics and the SAT Essay Concluding Thoughts and a Final Checklist ReferencesResources Print OnlineIndex