Stronger Writing Skills for Teens: Modes, Methods, and Materials That Work - Softcover

Berry, Gregory

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1475841663 ISBN 13: 9781475841664

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2018

Synopsis

Stronger Writing Skills for Teens offers middle and high school teachers strategies, techniques and materials for teaching adolescent writing in a variety of modes. A practical and useful resource for classroom teachers, the book focuses on quality writing instruction within the modes of writing as defined by Common Core State Standards. Examples of student work are included to illustrate effectively designed assignments and strategies for writing and revising. It includes methods for teaching vocabulary and academic language to help students improve word choice and use of language in their writing. Tools for assessing and grading student writing are also included, as well as suggestions and resources for effectively using writing rubrics and scoring guides. Narrative, expository/explanatory, argument, and research writing are discussed, with specific strategies, suggested materials, and ways to approach the modes. Teachers will also find suggestions for helping students learn to incorporate multimodal text into their writing and successfully write in digital contexts, as well as methods for helping students master timed and on-demand writing.

About this title

About the Author

Gregory Berry teaches English at South Salem High School, where he has also served as teacher leader, instructional coach, and department coordinator, and is also an adjunct English instructor at Chemeketa Community College. He received his BA in English, BS in Education, and MS is education from Eastern Oregon University and his doctorate in educational leadership, curriculum, and instruction from Portland State University in 2009. He is the author of Literacy for Learning: A Handbook of Content Area Strategies for Middle and High School Teachers, published by Rowman & Littlefield in 2014 and Cultivating Adolescent Literacy: Standards, Strategies and Performance Tasks for Reading and Writing, published in 2017.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1475841663
• ISBN 13: 9781475841664
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176