{"product_id":"writing-portfolio-activities-kit-ready-to-use-management-techniques-and-writing-activities-for-grades-7-12-paperback","title":"Writing Portfolio Activities Kit: Ready-To-Use Management Techniques and Writing Activities for Grades 7-12 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMary Ellen Ledbetter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis practical resource gives secondary English teachers a new, student-based approach to writing instruction that integrates writing, grammar, and literature assignments and involves students in building and assessing their own individual writing portfolios. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than 350 pages of writing activities, teacher and student writing models, and writing rubrics or guidelines at each step help students learn at their own pace. These are accompanied by hand teacher pages with suggestions ranging from grading assignments to involving students in the evaluation process to creating minilessons for specific units.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor easy use, all materials are printed in a big-spiral-bound format that folds flat for photocopying of any page as many times as needed and are organized into four parts: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGetting Started. Part One\u003c\/b\u003e gives detailed directions for creating portfolios that not only serve as a record of student growth in writing but also document master of grammar and literature\/reading skills. It shows how to interest students in keeping a portfolio assessment. Included are tips on the purpose, use, and grading of student-interactive rubrics and a variety of reproducible checklists, response sheets and more.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWriting. Part Two\u003c\/b\u003e covers all the steps of the writing process and provides easy-to-follow teacher pages and more than 150 reproducible writing worksheets and models for developing students' skills in six different modes. Here are just a few examples for each mode: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePersuasive: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eStructure Rubric\u003c\/i\u003e...\u003ci\u003eWelfare Reform: A Time for Change\u003c\/i\u003e (student sample)...\u003ci\u003eNo Pass, No Play\u003c\/i\u003e (student essay)...\u003ci\u003ePersuasive Writing Strategies\u003c\/i\u003e (samples) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eComparison\/Contrast: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e Comparison\/Contrast Chart\u003c\/i\u003e...\u003ci\u003eHershey vs. Skittles Game\u003c\/i\u003e...\u003ci\u003eThe Advantages of Being a Woman\u003c\/i\u003e (student essay) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNarrative: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eStudent-Written Story Starters\u003c\/i\u003e...\u003ci\u003eRubric for Narrative Vignette\u003c\/i\u003e...\u003ci\u003eMorning Ritual \u003c\/i\u003e(teacher model)...\u003ci\u003eFishing: The Family Ritual\u003c\/i\u003e (student essay) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescriptive: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eMy Favorite Place\u003c\/i\u003e (teacher model)...\u003ci\u003eRubric for Descriptive Essay\u003c\/i\u003e...\u003ci\u003eThe Boy Warrior\u003c\/i\u003e (student essay)...\u003ci\u003eMy Grandma's House\u003c\/i\u003e (student essay) \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow-To: A Pre-Writing Game for How-To Writing\u003c\/i\u003e...\u003ci\u003eHow to Imagine\u003c\/i\u003e (student essay)...\u003ci\u003eHow to Make a Dragon Cry Diamonds\u003c\/i\u003e (student essay)...\u003ci\u003eRubric for How-To Essay\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Analysis: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eLiterary Analysis Web with Quoted Support\u003c\/i\u003e...\u003ci\u003eExcerpt Containing Common Errors\u003c\/i\u003e...\u003ci\u003eLiterary Analysis Rubric\u003c\/i\u003e...\u003ci\u003eRikki-Tikki-Tavi Analysis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGrammar. Part Three\u003c\/b\u003e provides an individualized approach to language usage and includes more than 40 reproducibles, such as an easy-to-grade corrections sheet that can be a personalized follow-up to all teacher-graded written assignments, assignment sheets integrating literature and grammar, and portfolio assessment sheets that give students an opportunity to review their own writing progress.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterature\u003c\/b\u003e. Part Four presents more than 30 unique reproducibles to spark and guide writing about literature, including generic application tests that can be given for any short story or novel, individual student-interaction reading sheets that allow students to respond to a work as it is being read, and independent assignments such as Creating a Journal Project for Novels.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn short, \u003cb\u003e Writing Portfolio Activities Kit\u003c\/b\u003e gives you an individualized, wholistic writing 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!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis practical resource gives secondary English teachers a new, student-based approach to writing instruction that integrates writing, grammar, and literature assignments and involves students in building and assessing their own individual writing portfolios. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than 350 pages of writing activities, teacher and student writing models, and writing rubrics or guidelines at each step help students learn at their own pace. These are accompanied by hand \"teacher pages\" with suggestions ranging from grading assignments to involving students in the evaluation process to creating minilessons for specific units.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor easy use, all materials are printed in a big-spiral-bound format that folds flat for photocopying of any page as many times as needed and are organized into four parts: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGetting Started. Part One\u003c\/b\u003e gives detailed directions for creating portfolios that not only serve as a record of student growth in writing but also document master of grammar and literature\/reading skills. It shows how to interest students in keeping a portfolio assessment. Included are tips on the purpose, use, and grading of student-interactive rubrics and a variety of reproducible checklists, response sheets and more.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWriting. Part Two\u003c\/b\u003e covers all the steps of the writing process and provides easy-to-follow teacher pages and more than 150 reproducible writing worksheets and models for developing students' skills in six different modes. Here are just a few examples for each mode: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePersuasive: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eStructure Rubric\u003c\/i\u003e...\u003ci\u003eWelfare Reform: A Time for Change\u003c\/i\u003e (student sample)...\u003ci\u003eNo Pass, No Play\u003c\/i\u003e (student essay)...\u003ci\u003ePersuasive Writing Strategies\u003c\/i\u003e (samples) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eComparison\/Contrast: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e Comparison\/Contrast Chart\u003c\/i\u003e...\u003ci\u003eHershey vs. Skittles Game\u003c\/i\u003e...\u003ci\u003eThe Advantages of Being a Woman\u003c\/i\u003e (student essay) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNarrative: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eStudent-Written Story Starters\u003c\/i\u003e...\u003ci\u003eRubric for Narrative Vignette\u003c\/i\u003e...\u003ci\u003eMorning Ritual \u003c\/i\u003e(teacher model)...\u003ci\u003eFishing: The Family Ritual\u003c\/i\u003e (student essay) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescriptive: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eMy Favorite Place\u003c\/i\u003e (teacher model)...\u003ci\u003eRubric for Descriptive Essay\u003c\/i\u003e...\u003ci\u003eThe Boy Warrior\u003c\/i\u003e (student essay)...\u003ci\u003eMy Grandma's House\u003c\/i\u003e (student essay) \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow-To: A Pre-Writing Game for How-To Writing\u003c\/i\u003e...\u003ci\u003eHow to Imagine\u003c\/i\u003e (student essay)...\u003ci\u003eHow to Make a Dragon Cry Diamonds\u003c\/i\u003e (student essay)...\u003ci\u003eRubric for How-To Essay\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Analysis: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eLiterary Analysis Web with Quoted Support\u003c\/i\u003e...\u003ci\u003eExcerpt Containing Common Errors\u003c\/i\u003e...\u003ci\u003eLiterary Analysis Rubric\u003c\/i\u003e...\u003ci\u003e\"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi\" Analysis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGrammar. Part Three\u003c\/b\u003e provides an individualized approach to language usage and includes more than 40 reproducibles, such as an easy-to-grade corrections sheet that can be a personalized follow-up to all teacher-graded written assignments, assignment sheets integrating literature and grammar, and portfolio assessment sheets that give students an opportunity to review their own writing progress.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterature\u003c\/b\u003e. Part Four presents more than 30 unique reproducibles to spark and guide writing about literature, including generic application tests that can be given for any short story or novel, individual student-interaction reading sheets that allow students to respond to a work as it is being read, and independent assignments such as \"Creating a Journal Project for Novels.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn short, \u003cb\u003e Writing Portfolio Activities Kit\u003c\/b\u003e gives you an individualized, wholistic writing 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!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Ellen Ledbetter\u003c\/b\u003e (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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 11.13 x 8.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 30, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52304031809810,"sku":"9780787975562","price":35.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/2211\/5346\/files\/MzFocXUwdUU5elBydmtKeC91K2E3UT09.webp?v=1779929840","url":"https:\/\/ckbookstore.net\/products\/writing-portfolio-activities-kit-ready-to-use-management-techniques-and-writing-activities-for-grades-7-12-paperback","provider":"CK BOOKSTORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}