Inside the National Writing Project: Connecting Network Learning and Classroom Teaching
The National Writing Project has become one of the most influential and longest lasting professional development programs in the history of the United States. With 175 school/university sites in 49 states, it has the reputation or being a career-altering professional development experience. This volume looks at the National Writing Project, analyzes what makes it so successful, and shows how other professional development efforts can learn from it.
This is the teacher's edition to the highly visual grammar, usage, and mechanics handbook. Students will find Grammar for Writing an inviting approach to traditional grammar instruction.
This exciting collection of short stories by popular teen authors—Meg Cabot, Kim Harrison, Michele Jaffe, Stephenie Meyer, and Lauren Myracle—embraces the dark side of a revered tradition. Readers are taken on an exhilarating ride through the terrifying side of an otherwise common event, and the mood is cleverly sustained with an aura of fast-paced yet somber writing. One distinct highlight of the collection is the well-orchestrated balance between the different aspects of horror that each writer addresses.
Digital media has become an increasingly powerful force in modern society. This volume brings together outstanding European, American and Australian research in "writing and digital media" and explores its cognitive, social and cultural implications.
These desktop flipcharts offer student activities for learning centres and workstations. They are designed to support instructional objectives in Reading, Writing, Word Study, and Science/Social Studies in third grade.
