Everything you need to teach and assess student writing with this powerful model.

Effective, easy-to-use tools for trait-based assessment and instruction--just for middle school teachers. Includes printable reproducible forms!

This is a reproducible resource (photocopying of lessons is permitted) for single classroom or individual home use only.

Magic. Sneed B. Collard III and Vicki Spandel blow the roof off everything you thought you knew about teaching nonfiction writing and the purposes for revision.

Teacher reference resource containing comprehension lessons for teachers of children in the early years of school.

Spandel invites nine published authors into a discussion of what makes writing work.

In this outstanding book, Betty offers scores of strategies for building strong writers in your classroom.

Develop your grade 4 students' writing skills in each of the six traits--Ideas, Organization, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, Voice, and Conventions--using 125 engaging, 10- to 15-minute writing lessons. - 125 trait-based lessons - 25 weeks ...

" Carl Zon, Standards and Assessment Consultant/Coach Connections, Sunnyvale, CA "This book effectively walks educators through the standards-based lesson design process in a way that is clear, compelling, and achievable while ...

Scaffolded, explicit instruction improves your 7th graders' writing!