180 Days to Successful Writers
Lessons to Prepare Your Students for Standardized Assessments and for Life
- Karen Donohue - Lockheed Elementary
- Nanda N. Reddy
Enhance your students' writing skills and boost their scores on standardized writing tests!
In today's high-stakes environment, standardized test scores not only gauge student performance, but are also linked to a school's status and the funding it receives. This helpful resource provides educators with a classroom-tested writing curriculum that has proven to boost student scores on standardized writing tests while helping them develop skills for lifelong writing success.
The authors offer structured, day-to-day lesson plans linked to national standards; easy-to-use writing tools; and carefully crafted, unscripted lessons that cover a scope and follow a sequence that aims for student success. This curriculum is designed to help you:
- Become a confident writing teacher
- Prepare your students for all practical applications of writing
- Provide students with the analytical tools and skills they need to succeed on standardized writing tests
- Accommodate students' strengths and weaknesses
- Create confident readers and writers of your most reluctant students
Your students need more than writing prompts and grammar lessons to ensure they will have lifelong writing success. Finally--a way for teachers to provide quality writing instruction that allows them to meet testing demands on time and with confidence!
"Teachers who lack a clearly articulated instructional plan for teaching writing skills will appreciate this year's worth of lessons presented in a logical, linear format."
