The Let Them Write Series is a classroom-tested, teacher-friendly resource for Language Arts teachers of grades 4 through 8. The program is organized in nine sections, each presenting a buffet of from five to nine 1- or 2-week modules. Each classroom-ready module consists of a series of comprehensive, easy-to-follow lesson plans complete with reproducible handouts and cross-curricular extensions, together creating a proven successful template for the teaching of writing and literary analysis skills. Let Them Write: Plot Building focuses on conflict, suspense and narrative structure. Students practice first-drafting, editing, polishing and sharing original scenes and stories built around these three important elements of storytelling. The text can be implemented in the classroom alone or in tandem with the two other titles in the Let Them Write Series - SETTING AND DESCRIPTION and CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. Also of interest for classroom teachers is the Literacy: Made for All Series *WORDSMITHING: Classroom Ready Materials for Teaching Nonfiction Writing and Analysis Skills in the High School Grades *ENJOYING LITERATURE: Classroom Ready Materials for Teaching Fiction and Poetry Analysis Skills in the High School Grades *STORY CRAFTING: Classroom Ready Materials for Teaching Fiction Writing in the High School Grades

This book provides a foundation and framework to enhance your understanding of the various processes involved in academic writing. The term, academic writing, here refers to the types of writing used in college level writing courses at both the undergraduate and graduate level. However, this book was not written simply to help you pass another English class or to get you through the next writing intensive course (although it will certainly do that). At some point you will be out in the real world (hopefully). Thus, the purpose of this book is to enable you to be an effective writer and thinker in all contexts including your personal and professional lives.

Student Record Books help enhance each students' learning experience by creating one place for students to record all their answers to the various Reading Lab exercise questions on special record pages; correct mistakes; record scores and chart their progress through the Power Builders, Skill Builders and Rate Builders. The Student Record Book also contains a description of procedures, sample pages on which trial exercises can be worked for practice and helpful suggestions for effective reading and study habits. Each Student Record Book also contains a Starting Level Guide placement test to help each student start his or her individualised program at the appropriate level.

This text was developed by three experienced English teachers, who also happen to be lawyers. The law provides a new dimension to popular literary themes, like justice, fairness and equality. These legal documents will enhance the discussion in the English/Language Arts classroom. With the Common Core State Standards' emphasis on incorporating primary documents of historical and literary significance, literature teachers have more opportunity than ever to use case law and other legal documents as texts. Each thematic unit includes essential questions, familiar fiction and nonfiction selections with connections to the theme, teaching notes, and relevant cases with before, during, and after-discussion questions. The text demonstrates not only the importance of the thoughtful selection of legal documents to meet state and national standards, but also includes new approaches to classic texts. With an easily accessible format, teachers will overcome any intimidation of case law and embrace the use of legal documents to enhance the literature in a new, insightful way.

As a result of recent federal legislation, school districts are being required to have all students reading at grade level by the year 2012. Such an exceedingly lofty goal cannot be achieved without powerful intervention programs. Here is a guide for districts and schools that outlines an intervention program for students in grades 1-3 who struggle in their literacy development. Offered in English and/or Spanish, it is designed for small groups of four or less to provide more individualized instruction. The program is easily adaptable for use by educational assistants, classroom teachers, and/or reading specialists. The Reading Club has the potential to help the majority of its students achieve grade level literacy skills within a single academic year. It addresses all of the reading components of the Reads First Initiative, including phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. In addition, there is a well-developed emphasis on strategy development and assessment of student progress. The format of the lessons involves daily thirty-minute intervention sessions which complement but do not replace classroom literacy instruction. For principals, curriculum specialists, reading coordinators, teachers, inservice and preservice teachers, and educational assistants.

Spectrum(R) Writing for kindergarten guides students through each step of the writing process as they write sentences, personal stories, descriptions, how-to instructions, book reports, and more. Spectrum(R) Writing workbooks guide students as they write for a variety of purposes, including writing to tell a story, writing to provide information, and writing to state an opinion. Lessons support current state standards. Step-by-step instructions help with planning, drafting, revising, proofreading, and sharing writing. A Writer's Handbook reinforces grammar and language skills, and a complete Answer Key is included. Engaging, open-ended writing projects combined with standards-based learning make these workbooks an essential resource for school success. Spectrum, the best-selling workbook series, is proud to provide quality educational materials that support your students' learning achievement and success.

This text was developed by three experienced English teachers, who also happen to be lawyers. The law provides a new dimension to popular literary themes, like justice, fairness and equality. These legal documents will enhance the discussion in the English/Language Arts classroom. With the Common Core State Standards' emphasis on incorporating primary documents of historical and literary significance, literature teachers have more opportunity than ever to use case law and other legal documents as texts. Each thematic unit includes essential questions, familiar fiction and nonfiction selections with connections to the theme, teaching notes, and relevant cases with before, during, and after-discussion questions. The text demonstrates not only the importance of the thoughtful selection of legal documents to meet state and national standards, but also includes new approaches to classic texts. With an easily accessible format, teachers will overcome any intimidation of case law and embrace the use of legal documents to enhance the literature in a new, insightful way.

Achieve. Fun and focused SATs revision. Achieve the Higher Score in Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation, with the only fully updated revision series. Written in the style of the most recent Year 6 National Tests, this indispensable workbook will help more able children gain familiarity with the style of the more demanding areas of the 2019 national tests and covers everything that could be tested while ensuring children have some fun while they learn. Our unique approach has been helping children and schools perform above national average for over 15 years. This full colour write-in workbook: - Focuses practice on the areas of the curriculum needed to reach the higher score - Increases exam confidence with questions and terminology that mirror the SATs - Clearly shows children what examiners are looking for when marking extended questions - Draws on expert analysis to ensure our content is just right Perfect for use alongside Achieve Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation SATs Revision The Higher Score Year 6 and Achieve Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation SATs Practice Papers Year 6

Achieve. Fun and focused SATs revision. Achieve the Higher Score in Reading, with the only fully updated revision series. This book teaches children exactly how to tackle the more demanding SATs questions with confidence to get their best result. For use with more able children, this book covers everything that could be tested and provides additional challenge while ensuring children have some fun while they learn. Our unique approach has been helping children and schools perform above national average for over 15 years. Children are guided step-by-step through all question types and easy-to-digest content is presented in a simple to follow format. Clear explanations and lots of practice make it the perfect revision range for use in school and at home. This revision book: - Focuses revision on the key information children need to reach the higher score - Shows children how to get full marks on extended questions - Teaches children how to answer test questions thoughtfully and appropriately - Offers digestible content and lots of opportunities to practise,making it perfect for use in school or at home For best results use alongside Achieve Reading SATs Question WorkbookThe Higher Score and Achieve Reading SATs Practice Papers

The Affective Jacob's Ladder Reading Comprehension Program uses a models approach to scaffold student learning and promote inquiry-based discussions of texts. This series of Jacob's Ladder: Focuses specifically on supporting advanced students' social-emotional needs. Includes high-interest reading selections in the following genres: short stories and media, poetry, and biographies. Moves students from lower to higher level skills of self-awareness, metacognition, and goal setting. Integrates reading comprehension and analysis skills with affective and social-emotional needs. Asks students to apply themes, character or real-life experiences, and lessons from texts to their own lives. New ladders were specially designed for this series and derived from relevant theories about empathy, risk and resilience, achievement motivation, and mindsets and practices for cultivating talent. The Affective Jacob's Ladder guides provide teachers with an explanation of the nature and substance of the theoretical constructs for each ladder. Also included are an overview of the goals and objectives of each ladder and suggestions for how to implement the ladders in the classroom in a way that supports students' academic and social-emotional needs at the same time. Optional Student Workbook Packs In addition to this teacher's guide, companion student workbooks are available for Short Stories and Media, Poetry and Song Lyrics, and Biographies, Essays, and Speeches. The student workbooks feature ample room for student responses and notes, make reviewing and providing feedback on student work easier than ever, provide students with an easy-to-use reference to use during discussions, and save time, as there is no need to reproduce student handouts.

Help! My College Students Can't Read: Teaching Vital Reading Strategies in the Content Areas is designed as a resource guide for content area instructors who have no specific training in the field of literacy but want to help the struggling readers in their classrooms. This book provides simple, step-by-step ideas for introducing and embedding reading strategies within all content areas without sacrificing a lot of valuable class time. This easy-to-use resource will equip instructors to not only help their students be stronger readers in general, but to be stronger readers of content-area academic texts.

Spectrum(R) Writing for grade 3 guides students through each step of the writing process as they write paragraphs, personal narratives, fiction stories, descriptive comparisons, news reports, how-to instructions, persuasive letters, and more. Spectrum(R) Writing workbooks guide students as they write for a variety of purposes, including writing to tell a story, writing to provide information, and writing to state an opinion. Lessons support current state standards. Step-by-step instructions help with planning, drafting, revising, proofreading, and sharing writing. A Writer's Handbook reinforces grammar and language skills, and a complete Answer Key is included. Engaging, open-ended writing projects combined with standards-based learning make these workbooks an essential resource for school success. Spectrum, the best-selling workbook series, is proud to provide quality educational materials that support your students' learning achievement and success.

Help! My College Students Can't Read: Teaching Vital Reading Strategies in the Content Areas is designed as a resource guide for content area instructors who have no specific training in the field of literacy but want to help the struggling readers in their classrooms. This book provides simple, step-by-step ideas for introducing and embedding reading strategies within all content areas without sacrificing a lot of valuable class time. This easy-to-use resource will equip instructors to not only help their students be stronger readers in general, but to be stronger readers of content-area academic texts.

Rapid Phonics is a phonics catch-up intervention scheme that has been proven to help children who have not yet mastered phonics to catch up fast. Each carefully-levelled, fully decodable reading book has a dyslexia-friendly design and supports all struggling learners, including those with SEND, to develop their phonics knowledge and reading skills. Suitable for children age 6 and above who need extra phonics practise. This assessment handbook includes assessments and aids for helping schools track and log raised attainment.

Write Now - Daily Writing Journal provides regular writing practice in the same way that doing daily mental maths provides regular maths practice. Book 1 has a variety of writing activities which begin at a simple level and become more challenging through the book. The activities are ideal for early writers and introduce new Read more...writing skills and genres step-by-step. The appealing illustrations will delight young students and have them wanting to add to their journal everyday. Book 2 and Book 3 have a similar format throughout each book with story starters and appealing illustrations encouraging and developing writing skills in students. The story starters are written so students draw on their own personal experiences to complete the story and the illustrations add humour and fun to the writing task and help stimulate ideas for reluctant writers. Students can complete the pages in any order - selecting a page that catches their eye. Own choice pages are also included.

The Spelling & Vocabulary series provides a complete and comprehensive course building a child's spelling and vocabulary expertise. Working through the series will give your child a working vocabulary of more than 5,400 words. The series helps prepare children for the GL Assessment and CEM 11+ exams, SATs, CATs, the Northern Ireland Transfer Test, Common Entrance and scholarship examinations for independent schools, and all other styles of verbal reasoning/ability and English tests. This series of books is designed to be used in sequence and is divided into three levels: Foundation (Workbooks 1-3) for children aged 7 to 9 Intermediate (Workbooks 4-7) for children aged 8 to 10 Advanced (Workbooks 8-12) for children aged 9 to 12 We recommend older children who face challenges in spelling and vocabulary work from Workbook 1 to ensure that there are no gaps in their understanding and their skills are built progressively. Children with more developed skills could begin with the Intermediate or Advanced series. All our materials have been rigorously classroom tested. The methodologies have been successfully used in AE Tuition classes for over 20 years.

While reading skills are necessary for life-long learning and success, many students experience reading difficulties and a disproportionate number are from culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) backgrounds. Since students of CLD backgrounds sometimes miss basic literacy skills in the early grades, instruction in foundational literacy skills is critical. This resource illustrates how teachers can improve reading achievement for students of CLD backgrounds by combining research-supported best practices with instruction that is culturally responsive. Readers will find a range of interventions correlated with the five critical areas of reading instruction based on the National Reading Panel Report. Written by experts in the areas of cultural diversity and/or literacy, this book presents classroom techniques and learning strategies for working effectively with students from CLD backgrounds at all grade levels, from primary through to secondary school.

Updates existing prompts and introduces 50 new ones; Features prompts that are designed to be impersonal and avoid requiring students to express personal viewpoints or feelings on specific issues; Suited for seventh grade to adulthood.

This Progress with Oxford: Handwriting Age 5-6 workbook will help your child to progress with handwriting while having fun so they will quickly learn the correct formation of letters and start to learn how to add flicks to prepare them for cursive handwriting. The Progress with Oxford series has been created to help every child develop essential skills at home, with minimal help and support. Picture clues are used to show very young children how to complete activities, whilst reminder boxes, tips and advice support older children to become self-sufficient learners. A lively character accompanies your child through all the colourful and engaging activities, and fun stickers are included to reward their work. A handy progress chart at the end of each book captures their achievements, so you both know what to do next. You can find even more practical advice, free eBooks and fun activities to help your child progress on our award-winning website, oxfordowl.co.uk. Let's get them flying!

Published in 1988, this book is a teacher's eye view of how children come to write and rewrite poems, and of how they make aesthetic choices in their writing. Drawing on over twenty years' experience of teaching poetry in primary and secondary schools, Robert Hull presents a detailed account of the process of writing poetry in the classroom. The reader is invited, almost in confidence, to be witness to a skilled teacher's planning, recognition, and definition of children's emergent understanding and expertise. The author adopts a non-behaviourist model which stresses difficulty and uncertainty, rejecting a simplistic assumption of linear progression, predictability of outcome, and short-term results. The many examples of poems written by the children demonstrate in a very vivid and impressive way the value of this approach. All teachers, not just of poetry, will find this a fascinating and informed study, and an inspiration for their own work in the classroom.

If you cant get enough Fiction Reading practice, this fantastic SAT Buster workbook provides even more brilliant prep in Reading Fiction Book 2. It contains four varied and engaging fiction texts, plus a range of questions covering all of the skills pupils need for the KS2 SATS Reading test. It also includes self-assessment boxes and a handy scoresheet to help track pupils' progress. Answers are available in a separate Answer Book (9781789080971). For even more Reading practice, check out Non-Fiction Book 2 (9781789080957), and Poetry Book 2 (9781789080964).

These engaging Storybooks provide structured practice for children learning to read the Read Write Inc. Set 1 sounds. Each set of books is carefully levelled to match childrens growing phonic knowledge so children can read them with accuracy, fluency and comprehension. The Storybooks include a range of engaging stories such as fairy tales, myths and legends, rhyming stories and familiar settings. Activities at the start of the books help children to practise the sounds and words they will encounter in the story. Questions to talk about at the end of the story provide an extra opportunity for developing childrens comprehension. The books are part of the Read Write Inc. Phonics programme, developed by Ruth Miskin. The programme is designed to create fluent readers, confident speakers and willing writers. It includes Handbooks, Sounds Cards, Word Cards, Storybooks, Non-fiction, Writing books and an Online resource. Read Write Inc. is fully supported by comprehensive professional development from Ruth Miskin Training.

The step-by-step instructions, scheduling guidelines, rubric assessments, and reproducible forms in this guide are the result of years of research, planning, and fine-tuning in the classroom. Inspiring student creativity while addressing standards has never been so easy! Teaching Writing with Rubrics includes: } eleven comprehensive, ready-to-use lesson plans } strategies to adapt assignments for students with learning disabilities, English Language Learner students, gifted students, and secondary school students } numerous classroom-tested reproducibles.

For courses in children's literature. An accessible, concise, and engaging text on children's literature with full-color illustrations Inviting and brief, Literature for Children: A Short Introduction, 9th Edition provides a solid understanding of the foundations of children's literature across genres, from picture books to folk literature. In his usual engaging style, author David Russell stresses that teachers need to first appreciate literature in order to teach it effectively. The text's user-friendly format includes a wealth of real examples and its thoughtful presentation allows students to spend more time reading actual children's books. Substantially revised with full-color illustrations and a new organization, the 9th Edition incorporates a variety of updates, providing a more streamlined introduction to the elements, genres, and themes in children's literature.