Writing assignments are road maps-or they should be. They guide the writer on a journey. They lay out a process, envision a destination. They are designed. As Jim Burke explains it: "What we are rea
“I love what Jim Burke has done to make the Standards less threatening and more useful for teachers. In particular, the indicators for what students and teachers should be doing, given the Standard, a
In the four short years since publication, the first edition of The English Teacher's Companion quickly became the instructional bible for English teachers. Covering the entire English curriculum, fro
The Teacher’s Essential Guide to Content Area Reading leads the reader through Burke’s teaching strategies, which draw from a combination of research and Jim’s own experience as a p
The Teacher's Essential Guide to Content Area Writing leads the reader through Burke's teaching strategies, which draw from a combination of research and Jim's own experience as a public school teach
For the busy teacher on-the-run, veteran teacher Jim Burke has created The Teacher's Essential Guide series, a collection of slender, quick-read guides that offers you targeted solutions to your most
The Teacher's Essential Guide to Classroom Management offers classroom teachers concise, effective solutions to the most common instructional challenges they face. These solutions are based on a comb
50 Essential Lessons is the result of the lessons Jim Burke learned while asking himself how to teach his students the skills they needed to succeed in school and in the larger world. Anchored in stan
Burke examines academic success initiatives around the country, identifying their key components, then detailing how their practices apply to ACCESS, a program for struggling students he began five y
This book is designed to be read on the runbetween periods, while planning, even while teachingto make every minute count in your classroom, to help you work smarter and more effectively.
