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78 Chapter 2and writing, including discussions of instructional planning,reader response to literature, teaching grammar, and the writingprocess.Thompson, Thomas C. (Ed.). (2002). Teaching Writing in High School andCollege: Conversations and Collaborations. Urbana, IL: NationalCouncil of Teachers of English.This book is a collection of essays describing and providing modelsfor university-secondary school collaboration concerning theteaching of writing. Issues addressed include preservice teachereducation, definitions of effective writing at secondary andpostsecondary levels, and ways secondary and university facultycan work together to better prepare student writers for professionallife.Zinsser, William. (1998). On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to WritingNonfiction (6th ed.). New York: HarperCollins.This famous text about writing effectively is noteworthy for itsattention to clarity and style as well as to the complexities of thewriting process. A must-read for student and adult writers,Zinsser speaks as a skilled writer giving advice to would-be authors.Electronic ResourcesThe National Writing Projectwww.writingproject.org/The National Writing Project started with a single institute forinservice teachers in Berkeley, California, in 1972 and has grownto include 175 sites in all fifty states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico,and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The project began as a grassroots effortto encourage “teachers to teach teachers” about the composingprocess and writing to learn. The Web site includes access toNWP publications, presentations, workshops, institutes, and supportnetworks.Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL)http://owl.english.purdue.edu/This Web site includes online tutorials for student writers and providesaccess to instructional materials for teacher use.