*Note: This book is the same as the 1st edition (8 x 10), only larger (8.5 x 11). Every worksheet in Writing Tricks is designed to teach your students important language skills while encouraging them to apply these skills within their writing. Once your students have mastered each trick, they will have a powerful skill that they will use for the rest of their lives. How It Works: 1. Teach the writing trick using the worksheets. 2. MAKE the students use the writing trick immediately within a paragraph or story. 3. Require students to practice the writing tricks for journal time, homework, or future assignments. 4. When students revise their writing, they have sixteen writing tricks that they can use to improve the quality of their writing.

The Complete Writing Program is a workshop in a book. At the very least, it will show you, step-by-step, how to build stronger, more confident writers one day at a time. At its best, it will help you build an army of great writers within your class who will help you with your goal: building great writers. Have you ever taught your class how to write an essay/story; spent hours reading and editing every one; gave the students constructive feedback; then have your students revise, edit and publish it? If you have, you know that it can be incredibly time consuming. Serious, meaningful conferencing between student and teacher is a luxury most teachers can't enjoy very often. Why not work smarter, not harder? The Complete Writing Program will show you how to set up your class so your students are modeling and reinforcing the skills you teach on a regular basis, not you For more details, go to CreateBetterWriters.com

This book spells out a home school teacher's writing plan from Grades 3 through 12. It includes fifteen steps to produce outstanding writers. The pacing guide allows teachers to begin at any grade and complete the process by the time their students take the college writing exams in high school. Some lesson plans are included and others are recommended. If this book is used with the CreateBetterWriters.com curriculum, the teacher will have a powerful, step-by-step program for writing instruction that can be used for all students simultaneously. Ten years of powerful curriculum for all your students for about $100.

How to Teach the Research Report contains a step-by-step plan for teaching the research report. Teachers can begin teaching the steps for research report writing by modeling the research report with one-paragraph reports. The students can then practice the steps repeatedly until they have mastered this very complex skill. Now, with confidence, the students can practice writing five-paragraph research reports. Finally, transitioning to the three- to five-page research report is almost effortless as the students use the skills from the one- and five-paragraph reports to complete this task. This book contains three separate lesson plans; one for the one-paragraph report, one for the five-paragraph report; and one for the three- to five-page report. This means that elementary school teachers can spend all the time they need to teach the one-paragraph and five-paragraph research report. If their students are ready, they can attempt the longer report. Middle and high school teachers can quickly teach the first two lessons as a review and jump to the three- to five-page research report. This book is also perfect for home school parents as its methodical approach will help them make sense of a very difficult concept like research report writing. The format of this book leaves nothing to chance. The teacher is given everything needed to help students master research report writing. When finished, students will be able to organize their ideas from multiple resources, then format and write their reports within weeks and without help from parents or teachers.

Writing instruction does NOT need to be difficult. If your student can write a paragraph, your student can write anything from an essay, to a research report, to an in-depth story. It all starts with one simple trick. Teach this trick in minutes, have your students practice it several times, and your students will have a solid grasp for writing paragraphs. Use this trick to write stories, summarize stories, write reports, and more. No assignment is too difficult. Check out How To Teach the Five Paragraph Essay to see how to extend the one simple trick to essay writing and beyond.

Every worksheet in Writing Tricks is designed to teach your students important language skills while encouraging them to apply these skills within their writing. Once your students have mastered each trick, they will have a powerful skill that they will use for the rest of their lives. How It Works: 1. Teach the writing trick using the worksheets. 2. MAKE the students use the writing trick immediately within a paragraph or story. 3. Require students to practice the writing tricks for journal time, homework, or future assignments. 4. When students revise their writing, they have sixteen writing tricks that they can use to improve the quality of their writing.

Standards Based Grammar is a daily grammar program that systematically teaches your students every grammar skill required at the third grade level. The purpose of Standards Based Grammar is to give the students the spoken and written rules of the English language in an easy, step-by-step program. It seeks to teach, assess, and add to prior knowledge. Standards Based Grammar doesn't just ask students to identify grammar errors. They learn grammar rules and apply them immediately into their writing. Furthermore, it provides the teacher the exact knowledge of the strengths and weaknesses of each student and allows the teacher to communicate that information to the parents. Standards Based Grammar shows your students how to become grammar experts. Not only will they be able to understand each grammar rule, they will be able to articulate the logic behind each rule. Best of all, it's easy to teach and simple to administrate. For more information go to CreateBetterWriters.com

How To Teach The Five Paragraph Essay contains a step-by-step plan for teaching the five-paragraph essay. Teachers will be able to show their students how a simple outline will help students master one of the most important skills a student can acquire. The format of this book leaves nothing to chance. The teacher is given everything needed to help students master essay writing. Students will be able to organize their ideas, then format and write a five paragraph essay in about an hour. Every student will be prepared for any class, district, or state writing test.

Every worksheet in Writing Tricks is designed to teach your students important language skills while encouraging them to apply these skills within their writing. Once your students have mastered each trick, they will have a powerful skill that they will use for the rest of their lives. How It Works: 1. Teach the writing trick using the worksheets. 2. MAKE the students use the writing trick immediately within a paragraph or story. 3. Require students to practice the writing tricks for journal time, homework, or future assignments. 4. When students revise their writing, they have sixteen writing tricks that they can use to improve the quality of their writing.

Standards Based Grammar is a daily grammar program that systematically teaches your students every grammar skill required at the fifth grade level. The purpose of Standards Based Grammar is to give the students the spoken and written rules of the English language in an easy, step-by-step program. It seeks to teach, assess, and add to prior knowledge. Standards Based Grammar doesn't just ask students to identify grammar errors. They learn grammar rules and apply them immediately into their writing. Furthermore, it provides the teacher the exact knowledge of the strengths and weaknesses of each student and allows the teacher to communicate that information to the parents. Standards Based Grammar shows your students how to become grammar experts. Not only will they be able to understand each grammar rule, they will be able to articulate the logic behind each rule. Best of all, it's easy to teach and simple to administrate. For more information go to CreateBetterWriters.com

Standards Based Grammar is a daily grammar program that systematically teaches your students every grammar skill required at the sixth grade level. The purpose of Standards Based Grammar is to give the students the spoken and written rules of the English language in an easy, step-by-step program. It seeks to teach, assess, and add to prior knowledge. Standards Based Grammar doesn't just ask students to identify grammar errors. They learn grammar rules and apply them immediately into their writing. Furthermore, it provides the teacher the exact knowledge of the strengths and weaknesses of each student and allows the teacher to communicate that information to the parents. Standards Based Grammar shows your students how to become grammar experts. Not only will they be able to understand each grammar rule, they will be able to articulate the logic behind each rule. Best of all, it's easy to teach and simple to administrate. See CreateBetterWriters.com for more information.

This book covers every grammar standard for grades three through eight. Designed to help middle school teachers fill in the gaps left from the elementary school experience and solidify objectives from the middle school experience. Besides the hundreds of worksheets, teacher checklists, assessments, and journal prompts are included throughout the book.

Note: This 2nd edition is the same as the first (8 x 10), only larger (8.5 x 11). Every worksheet in Writing Tricks is designed to teach your students important language skills while encouraging them to apply these skills within their writing. Once your students have mastered each trick, they will have a powerful skill that they will use for the rest of their lives. How It Works: 1. Teach the writing trick using the worksheets. 2. MAKE the students use the writing trick immediately within a paragraph or story. 3. Require students to practice the writing tricks for journal time, homework, or future assignments. 4. When students revise their writing, they have sixteen writing tricks that they can use to improve the quality of their writing.