Sometimes big ideas are best taught simply. In "Micro Lessons in Writing" Jim Vopat makes the complex concepts of writing instruction easier for you and your students: one little lesson per page, one
These easy, step-by-step lessons show teachers how to use the interactive whiteboard to engage students in learning excellent writing craft techniques with models of strong writing. Expert writing tea
Since its publication in 1998 Craft Lessons has become a mainstay of writing teachers, both new and experienced. Readers value the pithy, practical lessons?each printed on one page?and appreciate the
In the early grades, talking and drawing can provide children with a natural pathway to writing, yet these components are often overlooked. In Talking, Drawing, Writing: Lessons for Our Youngest Writ
Transitions in Writing explores the writer’s experience of managing new demands in a range of settings and contexts, from both macro- and micro perspectives.
"These are the tried and true lessons I return to year after year. The lessons that students said made a difference in their writing and that will bring power and beauty to your students' writing and
In this amazing kit, writing expert Ruth Culham gives you grade-perfect mentor texts with in-depth lessons to help you teach the traits of writing?ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence flu
In this amazing kit, writing expert Ruth Culham gives you grade-perfect mentor texts with in-depth lessons to help you teach the traits of writing?ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence flu
In this amazing kit, writing expert Ruth Culham gives you grade-perfect mentor texts with in-depth lessons to help you teach the traits of writing?ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence flu
Liven up writing lessons with this book and CD that take full advantage of the SMART Board’s interactive features. The CD contains five units that teach students different kinds of expository writing,
These easy, step-by-step lessons use the tools of the whiteboard to help students identify the elements of excellent writing and then apply them in their own work. Writing skills covered include all t
Kuhner, principal software engineer for Vallon GmbH, introduces the tools in Microsoft's .NET Micro framework for writing embedded applications. Written for .NET developers experienced with C#, the gu
In this amazing kit, writing expert Ruth Culham gives you grade-perfect picture books with in-depth lessons to help you teach the traits of writing—ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sent
Mini-lessons with ready-to-go models perfect for first grade! This time-saving resource offers transparencies with writing samples that showcase a particular element of writing, including focus, orga
Offers practical, real-world content on writing centers and explores issues encountered by writing center directors at micro/macro levels. For writing center directors/writing faculty.
A complete, standards-based writing curriculum designed specifically for second graders. Through daily journal prompts and weekly writing lessons, second graders move from writing sentences to compos
A complete, standards-based writing curriculum designed specifically for third graders. Through daily journal prompts and weekly writing lessons, third graders move from writing paragraphs to composin
The Emancipation of Writing is the first study of writing in its connection to bureaucracy, citizenship, and the state in Germany. Stitching together micro- and macro-level analysis, it reconstructs t
Goodbye to random writing activities, hello to lessons that build beautifully on each other—and that give you all the details you need to present engaging lessons. Topics include writing entertaining
Trainee teachers often struggle to see the opportunities for meaningful writing in the curriculum. How do they find examples of lessons that encourage purposeful writing across all curriculum areas? T
Trainee teachers often struggle to see the opportunities for meaningful writing in the curriculum. How do they find examples of lessons that encourage purposeful writing across all curriculum areas? T
"These are the tried and true lessons I return to year after year. The lessons that students said made a difference in their writing and that will bring power and beauty to your students' writing and
In Lessons That Change Writers, Nancie has narrowed and deepened her conversation with teachers, to focus on the minilesson as a vehicle for helping students improve their writing. She shares over a h
Bring literature to life in the writing classroom! With six all-new mentor texts per grade and 24 time-saving lessons, Ruth Culham’s Trait Crate Plus expands and enriches the reading-and-writing exper
For courses in English and Writing. Emphasizes the importance of style in writing for a global audienceStyle: Lessons in Clarity and Grace asserts that style is a matter of making informed choic
Discovering Voice is a collection of classroom exercises that helps students deeply understand the reading and writing of complex text. The lessons, which cover diction, detail, figurative language, i
Everyday Literacy: Reading and Writing, Grade 1 helps you support beginning reading and writing skills in your early learning program with fun, focused daily lessons.
Drawing on her 28 years of teaching experience, Megan Sloan has identified the top ten writing lessons upper elementary students need, and she shares them here, divided into step-by-step mini-lessons
Cursive Writing! exercises young ESL students in the primary skill of cursive handwriting. Simple, step-by-step lessons lead students from easy ABC practice to writing longer passages. While buildin
Liven up writing lessons with this book and CD that take full advantage of the SMART Board’s interactive features. The CD contains five units that teach students how to grab readers’ interest, develop
"A guide for teaching all your students the skills they need to be successful writers The 25 mini-lessons provided in this book are designed to develop students' self-regulated writing behaviors and e
In this fascinating look at nonfiction writing, Laura Robb shares the classroom-tested lessons she developed after interviewing prominent nonfiction writers about their practice. From finding topics a
The Third Edition features an array of new and updated individual reading/writing strategies, activities and mini-lessons, and it scaffolds these strategies in extended demonstration lessons that teac
Middle and high school teachers are provided with ideas for making good inquiry-based reading and writing lessons better with the addition of Web 2.0 tools, including Wikipedia. After a discussion of
This is the first book to put together Asia and the developed world in the subprime crisis context and to combine macro and micro analysis to draw lessons from it. The crisis has valuable lessons for
This is the first book to put together Asia and the developed world in the subprime crisis context and to combine macro and micro analysis to draw lessons from it. The crisis has valuable lessons for
In this comprehensive resource, two veteran primary teachers share a multi-faceted approach to teaching writing that seamlessly combines the use of powerful mentor texts, strategy lessons, and the tra
Dip into this vast collection of quick writing lessons and activities to find exactly what you need-whether it's a lesson on using exact words, writing an essay, developing a plot, or organizing a rep
