Being a Writer Teacher's Manual Grade 4


Book Description

Provides a detailed scope and sequence for teaching writing at Grade 4. The daily lessons revolve around clearly defined teaching objectives and build in complexity as students move through the program. (vol. 2 of 2)




Being a Writer, Second Edition, Grade 4, Teacher's Manual


Book Description

The TeacherÕs Manual, in two volumes, contains all the Being a Writer lessons for Grade 4 for each genre unit. Detailed, easy-to-follow lesson plans include suggestions for managing the writing process, facilitating discussions, assessing the class, and conferring with individual students. There is a weekly section called Teacher as Writer, in which teachers are guided to cultivate their own writing voice while deepening their appreciation for what students are asked to do in the program.




Being a Writer Teacher's Manual Grade 3


Book Description

Provides a detailed scope and sequence for teaching writing at Grade 3. The daily lessons revolve around clearly defined teaching objectives and build in complexity as students move through the program. (vol. 2 of 2)




Being a Writer


Book Description

"The Being a Writer program is a yearlong writing curriculum for grades K-5 that combines two decades of research in the areas of writing, motivation, and learning theory with social and ethical development. The program has two goals: to develop the creativity and skills of a writer, and to develop the social and ethical values of a responsible person. It uses trade books for genre immersion and author studies. It integrates writing instruction with regular community-building elements and guided partner work that develops in students a sense of autonomy, belonging, and competence."--Publisher's website.




Being a Writer, Second Edition, Grade 4, Teacher's Manual


Book Description

The TeacherÕs Manual, in two volumes, contains all the Being a Writer lessons for Grade 4 for each genre unit. Detailed, easy-to-follow lesson plans include suggestions for managing the writing process, facilitating discussions, assessing the class, and conferring with individual students. There is a weekly section called Teacher as Writer, in which teachers are guided to cultivate their own writing voice while deepening their appreciation for what students are asked to do in the program.










Content-area Writing


Book Description

Presents information about two major types of writing: writing to learn and public writing. Offers strategies for planning, organizing, and teaching, as well as numerous examples of student work and guidelines for evaluation and assessment.







Teacher's Guide to Effective Sentence Writing


Book Description

This practical book provides explicit instructions for teaching sentence-level skills to students who have difficulties in this area. The author explains the key role of sentence combining in the writing process and presents effective techniques for instruction and assessment. Numerous sample lessons, practice activities, planning tips, and grammatical pointers make it easy for teachers to incorporate sentence combining and construction into the writing curriculum at all grade levels (2-12). Accessible and engaging, the book helps teachers and students experiment with different ways to arrange thoughts and produce meaningful written work.