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Crunchtime

Gretchen Bernabei , Jayne Hover , Cynthia Candler

Pub Date: 8/12/2009
Product Type: Paperback
Grade: 4th - 8th

Watch an overview by Gretchen. Book study groups and professional learning communities, click here to save when you order 15 copies of Crunchtime. A $315 value for $267.75. Save $47.25. “Our schools should be accountable, but do they have to become joyless halls of drudgery? I’m not against measuring student achievement and learning.... more

Crunchtime Book Study Bundle Pack

Gretchen Bernabei , Jayne Hover , Cynthia Candler

Pub Date: 8/1/2009 1
Product Type: bundle
Grade: 4th - 12th

Professional learning communities and book clubs save when they order a book study bundle. Get 15 copies of the Crunchtime: Lessons to Help Students Blow the Roof Off Writing Tests—and Become Better Writers In the Process for one low price. A $315 value for only $267.75. Save $47.25. Click here for more information about Crunchtime:... more

Right-Answer Writing

Ardith Cole

Pub Date: 9/5/2006 1
Product Type: 3 Handbooks + CD
Grade: 4th - 12th

We know that all writing follows some kind of structure. But when there’s a Right Answer involved, those structures tighten—especially in testing situations, where someone else constructs the prompts and the answers. This narrows writing and offers students less freedom. Fortunately, Right-Answer Writing provides writers... more

A Student Guide to Writing on Demand

Leila Christenbury , Anne Ruggles Gere , Kelly Sassi

Pub Date: 1/25/2006
Product Type: Paperback
Grade: 7th - 12th

Get ready to write to the prompt. Get A Student Guide to Writing on Demand and prepare for testing in a new way that: eases concerns about timed writing situations increases familiarity with the forms encountered in testing boosts scores on standardized writing tests. A Student Guide to Writing on Demand helps build up a... more

A Student Guide to Writing on Demand

Leila Christenbury , Anne Ruggles Gere , Kelly Sassi

Pub Date: 1/25/2006
Product Type: bundle
Grade: 7th - 12th

Save 20% when you buy A Student Guide to Writing on Demand (Discount reflected in the price above.) Get ready to write to the prompt. Get A Student Guide to Writing on Demand and prepare for testing in a new way that: eases concerns about timed writing situations increases familiarity with the forms encountered in... more

Writing a Life

Katherine Bomer

Pub Date: 8/30/2005
Product Type: Paperback
Grade: 3rd - 8th

This depth of attention to a single genre is unprecedented in books on the teaching of writing. Until now, for this depth, teachers used books written for aspiring writers and translated them into sensible classroom practice. Katherine brings writing and teaching together exquisitely in this beautiful book.—Katie Wood Ray, Author... more

Writing on Demand

Leila Christenbury , Anne Ruggles Gere , Kelly Sassi

Pub Date: 2/17/2005
Product Type: Paperback
Grade: 7th - 12th

Research and experience show that writers need three things: ownership of the form and subject of their writing; feedback from other writers; and time to draft and revise. Yet the harsh and confusing reality of today's college-entrance and state-mandated examinations-or any test with an essay component-is that students, trained in... more