10 easy writing lessons that get kids ready for writing assessments
Subtitle: proven ways to raise your students' scores on the State Performance Assessments in Writing
By: by Mary C. Rose
Contributors: Scholastic, Inc
Series: Teaching strategies
Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: Composition (Language arts); English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching (Elementary); Creative writing (Elementary education)
Other titles: Ten easy writing lessons that get kids ready for writing assessments
Notes: Grades 3-6
Table of contents: title: Introducing the five-paragraph essay; title: Using a graphic organizer to plan for writing; title: Writing in a circle for effective endings; title: Introducing "how-to" writing; title: Adding expository elaborations; title: Writing dialogue; title: Introducing persuasive writing; title: Adding elaboration to familiar stories; title: Recognizing the elements of good writing; title: Writing across the curriculum; title: Bonus lesson: recognizing prompts; title: Skills to practice all year long