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

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.Ledbetter, Mary Ellen is the author of 'Writing Portfolio Activities Kit Ready to Use Management Techniques and Writing Activities for Grades 7-12', published 2004 under ISBN 9780787975562 and ISBN 0787975567.