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9780787975562

Writing Portfolio Activities Kit Ready-to-Use Management Techniques and Writing Activities for Grades 7-12

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  • ISBN13:

    9780787975562

  • ISBN10:

    0787975567

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-03-30
  • Publisher: Jossey-Bass

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Summary

In this practical resource secondary English teachers will find an individualized, holistic curriculum that involves students in working with real-life models, creating and evaluating their own writing portfolios, and learning to see writing, grammar, and literature as inseparable pieces of the language arts. Over 350 pages of writing activities, teacher and student writing models, and writing guidelines help students learn at their own pace. These are accompanied by handy, easy-to-follow "teacher pages" with suggestions ranging from grading assignments to involving students in the evaluation process to creating mini-lessons for specific units. Covers all steps of the writing process and contains over 150 reproducible worksheets and models for developing students' writing skills in six different modes including Persuasive, Comparison/Contrast, Narrative, Descriptive, How-to, and Literary Analysis.

Author Biography

Mary Ellen Ledbetter (B.A. English, Speech, Western Michigan University; M.A. English, Michigan State University) has taught in public schools in Michigan and Texas and at San Jacinto College in Pasadena, Texas. She received Goose Creek CISD'S Board of Trustees' Bell Award for Outstanding Teacher in 1995 and 1997 and is currently a presenter/consultant for the Bureau of Education and Research in Bellevue, Washington.

Table of Contents

Getting Started
How to Interest Students in Keeping a Portfolio
How to Keep Up with Portfolios
Purpose of Portfolio Charts
Writing Portfolio Chart (sample)
Purpose of Rubrics
Use of Rubrics
Grading Rubrics
How to Use Writing Process ""Generic"" Sheets
Organizing Response Groups
How to Use Group Goals/Assessment Sheet
Portfolio Assessment
How to Use Checklist for Publication
Writing
Section 1: Persuasive Writing
How to Use the Structure Rubric
How to Write a N
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