Author: Frank Nugent Freeman

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Published: 1923

Total Pages: 324

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Two mistakes of an opposite nature have been made in teaching writing. The first is to expect writing to grow up incidentally without giving the child any specific training in the writing act. The second is to suppose that teaching writing is some strange mysterious process which can be mastered only by special teachers who have had a large amount of technical training. However, writing can be taught by the grade teacher and there are strong reasons why it should be so taught. Writing is an activity which the child performs in much of his/her school work besides his writing lesson. It is necessary that all the writing be done properly, and it is the grade teacher who must see that it is properly done.