Right-answer Writing

by Cole, Ardith Davis

• ISBN13: 9780325009094
• ISBN10: 0325009090
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-09-05
• Publisher: Heinemann

Summary

Right-Answer Writingincludes four exciting resourcesthree slim, practical handbooks and a CD. Beginning with the first handbook, The Process and the Prompt, Ardith Davis Cole describes Right-Answer Protocol, a simple, powerful, step-by-step procedure for constructing responses to prompts of any sort. Cole thoroughly describes prompts, outlining the three things every student and teacher should know about them, then takes you through the Right-Answer process. From a single, unified paragraph to a multiple-paragraph response, students will have a reliable procedure for writing that delivers high-quality answers to test prompts.

Table of Contents

The Process and The Promp?

Analyzing the Prompt: The Key to the Right Answer

Introducing the Right-Answer

Protocol Constructing a Body of Evidence

Developing a Concluding Statement

The RAP Rubric: Assessing Responses

Across the Curriculum

The Persuasive Essay

Introduction to Persuasive

Writing Entering the Review

Genre Analyzing Published Reviews: Mapping the Territory Prewriting

Tips Developing an Introduction

Constructing a Summary Body

Constructing a Conclusion Beyond Reviews

The Research Paper

Introduction to Right-Answer

Research Building Background and Initiating

Questions Organizing and Categorizing

Our Questions Determining Final

Categories: Collation and Synthesis Collecting Resources

A Triadic Research Model: Plagarism Deterrent

Other Research Examples

CD-ROM Lesson Plans and Assessment

Tools Organizers and Anchors Power Point

Slides for In-Class Lessons and Staff Development

Sample Texts with Prompts

Samples of Actual Student Responses

Staff Development Slides and Charts (extra)

Websites Offering Writing Prompts & Response

Examples Text Samples Websites All Just a Click Away)

Works Cited

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