Prompted to Write: Building On-Demand Writing Skills, Grades 6-12

Meredith Pike-Baky

ISBN 10: 0787974579 / ISBN 13: 9780787974572

Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2005

Beschreibung

Offers help for teachers who are preparing their students for "high stakes" writing tests. This book features fifteen reproducible lesson units to help students develop proficiency in crafting essays, building their vocabulary and reading comprehension skills, and assessing the quality of their written work. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNU; YQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 281 x 222 x 13. Weight in Grams: 566. . 2005. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers V9780787974572

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Prompted to Write: Building On-Demand Writing Skills, Grades 6-12
• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0787974579
• ISBN-13: 9780787974572
• Einband: Softcover
• Zustand: New

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Inhaltsangabe

Prompted to Writeoffers help for teachers who are preparing their students for "high stakes" writing tests. This book features fifteen in-depth and reproducible lesson units to help students develop proficiency in crafting essays in all subjects, building their vocabulary and reading comprehension skills, and assessing the quality of their written work. The lessons cover a variety of essay genres and are useful in preparing students for state-mandated writing tests, school entrance and exit exams, and the SAT.   Each lesson includes guided pre-writing and planning activities and concludes with a timed writing task (complete with a revision/edition checklist) and a customized scoring guide. Student writing samples are provided along with extensive instructional and assessment guidance.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Meredith Pike-Baky is a curriculum and assessment coordinator for Education Task Force, a consortium of twelve K-14 school districts in Marin County, California. A textbook author and teacher educator, she teaches and conducts teacher workshops for the Bay Area Writing Project.

Gerald Fleming is an award-winning teacher who has taught in the San Francisco Public Schools for over thirty years. He teaches secondary English, social studies, and journalism and also teaches curriculum and instruction at the University of San Francisco.