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Nlonger the forgotten R, writing is receiving more and more attention Constructed response writing is increasingly used as a more authentic form of test item tassess content understanding Mathematics and science standards require writing tdemonstrate and communicate understanding Writing is seen as one of the strongest predictors of success in college and will become a requirement on SATs This book offers teachers loads of examples of how tengage children and improve their performance in all types of content and creative writing, from self-selected topics, tlimited-selection topics, tfocused-topic writing and constructed response ttest items Using student samples, the authors offer various suggestions for identifying how individual students can be guided timprovement The book will show teachers how tgive students skills tcollect and structure ideas and information, craft these intwords, sentences and paragraphs, and present it all in a way tmatch what they hope their readers will understand Special emphasis is placed on helping students write informational text as a way tdemonstrate their understanding and process and work toward their own new understanding of information Essential for teachers in our current testing environment, this book offers steps and tools tstrengthen students facility with the much-assessed six traits of writing and help students achieve on high stakes assessments Real student writing samples and classroom conversations make it easy for teachers ttransfer tools, strategies and practices ttheir own classrooms
