false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181002156m/1102274.jpg 1102274 2 <!-- >In this practical, research-based book, Regie Routman shows you how to teach writing skills such as revision and editing, publish student texts, utilize shared writing, prepare for high-stakes testing, and increase enjoyment and achievement for all students. Through detailed demonstrations, weeklong lesson plans, precise instructional language, and video of efficient conferences (on an accompanying DVD), you will learn effective writing instruction and realize, "I can do this too."< --><p><i>What does great writing instruction look like and sound like?<br/>How do successful teachers of writing get great writers who enjoy writing?<br/>Where do they find the time for instruction, assessment, and test prep?<br/></i></p><p>In <i>Writing Essentials</i> Regie Routman demystifies the process of teaching writing well and gives you the knowledge, research, precise instructional language, and confidence you need to succeed. With Regie's help, you'll transform your classroom into an organized, joyful writing environment where students connect reading with writing every day across the curriculum, learn essential skills like grammar and spelling, and achieve higher scores on high-stakes tests through sensible, writing-based test preparation and daily classroom-based assessment. </p><p><i>Writing Essentials</i> specifically and explicitly demonstrates practical, easy-to-do strategies that turn your writing instruction practices into best practices. Follow Routman's path for successfully leading all students-including English language learners, writers who struggle, and students coping with learning disabilities-from first draft to publication. You'll find expert advice and specific demonstrations on a wide variety of techniques, including: </p><ul> <li>demonstrating your own writing process for students </li> <li>organizing and managing the writing classroom </li> <li>conducting effective, efficient writing conferences </li> <li>creating meaningful rubrics for better assessment </li> <li>teaching various forms of narrative and informational writing-and poetry </li> <li>applying shared writing across the grades and across the curriculum </li> <li>teaching editing and revision </li> <li>mapping out your writing instruction with Regie's own flexible, five-day lesson-planning model. </li></ul>In addition, <i>Writing Essentials</i> includes a DVD with eight three-to-four-minute video clips from primary and intermediate classrooms that show Regie conferring with writers and celebrating their work as she teaches and assesses. These invaluable clips, and the detailed notes that accompany them, take you inside the writing conference to see its structures and procedures while the sample classroom publications also on the DVD reveal the exciting possibilities of working with student writers.<p>s</p><p><i>Writing Essentials</i> is conversational, upbeat, practical, eminently readable, illustrated with a wealth of children's writing, and filled with proven techniques for teaching writing well and managing your instructional time more effectively. With Routman in hand, you'll not only have the inspiration to say "I can do that too," but you'll have first-rate resources and strategies to answer your questions and help make great writing instruction happen in your classroom immediately. </p>For more information on using the DVD, please . 1089185 26 10 2004 Writing Essentials: Raising Expectations and Results While Simplifying Teaching total:40|5:20|4:12|3:7|2:1| 40 171 57 9 1102274 0325006016 9780325006017 40 9 4.28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181002156m/1102274.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1102274.Writing_Essentials_Raising_Expectations_and_Results_While_Simplifying_Teaching 4 0 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu Apr 10 14:25:21 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 10 14:37:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1102274 0325006016 9780325006017 40 9 4.28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181002156m/1102274.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1102274.Writing_Essentials_Raising_Expectations_and_Results_While_Simplifying_Teaching 4 0 false 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