180 days to successful writers : lessons to prepare your students for standardized assessments and for life by Donohue, Karen, Reddy, Nanda N instant download

180 days to successful writers : lessons to prepare your students for standardized assessments and for life by Donohue, Karen, Reddy, Nanda N instant download

xi, 280 pages : 28 cm, 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, Includes index, No-brainers and bosses: laying the foundation -- Pickle sandwiches and TCUPSS: beginning expository writing -- Rainbow words and awe-inspiring adjectives: enhancing expository -- It all started with a tier cake: directing narrative structure -- Ask for likely similes and vivacious verbs: enhancing narratives -- Dressing things up: independent writing -- The improvement process: diagnosing and fixing problems -- Timers and deadlines: preparing for a test -- beyond tests and essays: applying expository writing knowledge -- Beyond tests and stories: applying narrative writing knowledge -- Writing outside the lines: advanced lessons -- Going school-wide: ideas to create a spiraling curriculum