1st Edition

Writing Put to the Test Teaching for the High Stakes Essay

By Amy Benjamin Copyright 2006
    144 Pages
    by Eye On Education

    144 Pages
    by Eye On Education

    This book helps educators improve students’ ability to write clear, coherent essays in response to on-demand writing prompts. While it focuses on students’ abilities to succeed at on-demand writing, it also promotes the teaching of writing as an expression of art and self. For grades 4 -12, it provides examples of responses to narrative and persuasive prompts, and provides savvy advice about what scorers look for.

    About the Author
    Introduction On-Demand Writing
    Writing Instruction in the Age of Testing
    Resistance
    Using the Test Itself as a Teaching Tool
    Teaching Writing Through Rhetorical Modes
    The Narrative Prompt
    The Persuasive Prompt
    Assistive Intervention That Works to Improve Writing
    Problem Solvers
    From Speech to Writing
    Language and Error

    Biography

    Authored by Benjamin, Amy