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Crafting Digital Writing

Troy Hicks

Pub Date: 4/29/2013
Product Type: Paperback
Grade: 4th - 12th

Written for teachers of writing by a teacher of writing, Crafting Digital Writing is both an introduction for teachers new to digital writing and a menu of ideas for those who are tech-savvy.  Troy Hicks explores the questions of how to teach digital writing by examining author’s craft, demonstrating how intentional thinking about... more

Inside Out, Fourth Edition

Dawn Latta Kirby , Darren Crovitz

Pub Date: 11/1/2012
Product Type: Paperback
Grade: 6th - 12th

“If you’re ultimately helping students become creative individuals with a voice; fluent, context-aware experts with language; and engaged and thinking adults, we think you’re doing your job as a writing teacher (above and beyond what the standards-of-the-week have to say on the matter).” —Dawn Latta Kirby and Darren Crovitz ... more

Paragraphs for High School 10 Pack

Don Killgallon , Jenny Killgallon

Pub Date: 4/12/2012
Product Type: bundle
Grade: 9th - 12th

Buy 10 copies of Paragraphs for High School and save! A $195.00 value for only $175.50. Save $19.50. "This series goes to higher ground by zooming in on authors' paragraphs through the sentence-composing approach. Throughout, emphasis is on elaboration-perhaps the biggest area for improvement in students' writing." -Don and... more

Paragraphs for High School

Don Killgallon , Jenny Killgallon

Pub Date: 4/11/2012
Product Type: Paperback
Grade: 9th - 12th

"This series goes to higher ground by zooming in on authors' paragraphs through the sentence-composing approach. Throughout, emphasis is on elaboration-perhaps the biggest area for improvement in students' writing." -Don and Jenny Killgallon Following the success of their Sentence-Composing series and their Grammar: A Sentence-Composing... more

Teaching Students to Write Comparison/Contrast Essays

Peter Smagorinsky , Larry Johannessen , Elizabeth Kahn , Thomas McCann

Pub Date: 3/6/2012 1
Product Type: Paperback
Grade: 6th - 12th

“These books will support teachers in their understanding of designing process-based instruction and give them both useful lesson plans and a process for designing instruction on their own that follows the design principles.” —Peter Smagorinsky, Larry Johannessen, Elizabeth Kahn, and Thomas McCann The Dynamics of Writing... more

Teaching Students to Write Personal Narratives

Peter Smagorinsky , Larry Johannessen , Elizabeth Kahn , Thomas McCann

Pub Date: 3/6/2012 1
Product Type: Paperback
Grade: 6th - 12th

“These books will support teachers in their understanding of designing process-based instruction and give them both useful lesson plans and a process for designing instruction on their own that follows the design principles.” —Peter Smagorinsky, Larry Johannessen, Elizabeth Kahn, and Thomas McCann The Dynamics of Writing... more

A Quick Guide to Teaching Reading Through Fantasy Novels, 5-8

Lucy Calkins , Mary Ehrenworth

Pub Date: 9/28/2011
Product Type: Paperback
Grade: 5th - 8th

Supporting dreams of fabulous escape and transformation, fantasy literature can be especially compelling for adolescents. Mary Ehrenworth offers a unit of study that harnesses the power of this expansive and poignant genre to lure even reluctant readers into reading epic novels with passion and stamina. Adhering to reading workshop... more

A Quick Guide to Reviving Disengaged Writers, 5-8

Lucy Calkins , Christopher Lehman

Pub Date: 7/22/2011
Product Type: Paperback
Grade: 5th - 8th

Middle schoolers can be the masters of disengagement. Recognizing that all students, adept and struggling writers alike, lose steam at times and need a revitalizing jump start, Christopher Lehman offers effective, developmentally-appropriate fixes for addressing situations that frequently sidetrack or distract adolescent writers. Organized... more

Image Grammar, Second Edition

Harry Noden

Pub Date: 4/12/2011
Product Type: Paperback
Grade: 7th - 12th

“With Image Grammar, visual images are everything,” says author Harry Noden. “This is why both teachers with struggling students and those with AP students have embraced the book through 15 printings." Each chapter is divided into two sections: concepts that show how professional writers develop their art and lesson strategies... more

Katherine Bomer Staff Development Bundle

Katherine Bomer

Pub Date: 3/12/2011
Product Type: bundle
Grade: 3rd - 8th

Literacy coaches and staff developers, save when you order the Katherine Bomer Staff Development Bundle­­. Get 10 copies of Katherine’s Hidden Gems, and 1 copy of her DVD Starting with What Students Do Best for 1 low price. A $350 value for $297.50—SAVE $52.50.   In Hidden Gems, Katherine Bomer shares ways of responding to even... more