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
144 Pages
by
Eye On Education
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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
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