For students to become college-ready writers, they must be exposed to writing throughout the school day, not just in English class. This practical book shows teachers in all subject areas how to meet the Common Core State Standards and make writing come alive in the classroom. Award-winning educator Heather Wolpert-Gawron provides effective and exciting ideas for teaching argument writing, informational writing, project-based writing, and writing with technology. Each chapter is filled with strategies, prompts, and rubrics you can use immediately.

Special Features:

A variety of writing strategies that work in any subject area
Tips for developing meaningful prompts
Diagrams and templates that you can use with your students
Rubrics for assessing writing, as well as ideas for having students create their own rubrics
Samples of student work in different formats
Ideas for teaching students to break the Google homepage habit and conduct effective research
Cross-curricular writing assignments for science, history, ELA, electives, and PE
Suggestions for teaching summary writing, an essential academic skill
Ideas for staff professional development on Common Core writing

Writing Behind Every Door - inbunden, Engelska, 2014