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A Teacher's Guide to Organizational Strategies for Thinking and Writing

By: Billie F. Birnie

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A Teacher's Guide to Organizational Strategies for Thinking and Writing

By: Billie F. Birnie

A Guide to Organizational Strategies for Thinking and Writing offers teachers and students ten patterns for arranging ideas that will expand their repertoire of organizational skills. Each pattern is illustrated by passages that model the strategy, and each is accompanied by an assignment that invites application and practice. Models that encompass a wide range of subjects—literature, history, science, mathematics—are provided for students in the early grades, in middle school, and in high school or college. Teachers will find the first part of the book helpful in planning writing instruction, not just for language arts but for any subject that requires English exposition. Students, from emerging to accomplished writers, will benefit from reading the passages and completing the assignments. The strategies include six basic approaches—chronological, spatial, topical, comparison, contrast, comparison contrast—and four less well-known patterns—traditional narrative, point counterpoint, question-answer, and extended analogy. The book concludes with a lesson in modeling rhythm and rhyme in poetry. Some other key features of this book include: •Ready-to-use assignments •A bonus lesson on modeling rhythm and rhyme •Leads to additional resources •An introduction to modeling prose passages

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1475814054

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Assessing Writing

A Guide for Teachers, School Leaders, and Evaluators

By: Billie F. Birnie

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Assessing Writing

A Guide for Teachers, School Leaders, and Evaluators

By: Billie F. Birnie

This book on assessing writing is designed for teachers, school leaders, and evaluators. It begins with a collection of assessment practices that will increase teachers' efficiency and effectiveness as they guide students in learning how to think and write successfully. The second section includes step-by-step procedures, prompts, and rubrics for conducting on-demand, timed writing assessments, either for diagnosis of students' skills or for analysis of instruction. The final section explains how to develop and measure interrater reliability, the extent to which assessors agree on the quality of student writing-a critical component for any faculty that seeks to increase the efficacy of their teaching. Whether readers wish to assess the thinking and writing of students in one class, one school, or a whole district, this book will show them how.

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1475829507

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9781475829501

A Teacher's Guide to Successful Classroom Management and Differentiated Instruction

By: Billie F. Birnie

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A Teacher's Guide to Successful Classroom Management and Differentiated Instruction

By: Billie F. Birnie

A Teacher’s Guide to Successful Classroom Management and Differentiated Instruction is a practical, straightforward conversation with teachers about two key aspects of their work. The first section shows teachers how to create the learning environment they want, leading them step by step through the process that establishes a productive, trusting relationship between teacher and students. The second section describes differentiated instruction: what it is and how to do it, where it fits into the teaching cycle and how it yields maximum gains for every student. Illustrating concepts with examples from both elementary and secondary classrooms, the guide also offers strategies, checklists, and activities to help teachers improve their practice.

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A Teacher's Guide to Organizational Strategies for Thinking and Writing

A Teacher's Guide to Organizational Strategies for Thinking and Writing

Assessing Writing

Assessing Writing

A Teacher's Guide to Successful Classroom Management and Differentiated Instruction

A Teacher's Guide to Successful Classroom Management and Differentiated Instruction

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