Archive for February, 2011

Writing on Demand: Preparing for SAT, AP and State Writing Assessments

By qualtic
Posted in Because Writing Matters, Lesson Plan: Writing on Demand 1 Comment

Grade levels: Middle-High School
Key Concepts: Writing on Demand, SAT®, AP®, state assessments, academic writing, college readiness
Submitted by: Kathryn S. Pabst, Lovejoy High School, Lucas,Texas Kathryn_Pabst@lovejoyisd.net
“Research and experience show that writers need three things: ownership of the form and subject of their writing, feedback from other writers, and time to draft and revise. Yet the harsh and confusing reality of today’s college-entrance and state-mandated examinations—or any test with an essay component—is that students, trained in writing workshops, go on the clock to compose a paper on an assigned topic, in a prescribed form, for which they will receive no feedback. …And their future depends on it.”
Anne Ruggles Gere, University of Michigan
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Are You An Effective Educator? How Do You Know?

By qualtic
Posted in Uncategorized, Because Writing Matters No Comments

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Date: February 23
Time: 3:30 PST / 5:30 CST / 6:30 EST
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Elisa Breuer -6th Grade Language Arts Teacher, Odom Middle School Academy Beaumont Independent School District, TX

Keith Burns - Special Education Coordinator, School of Human Rights, New York City Public School District, NY

Joyce Foss, M.Ed. - Language Arts Teacher, Quartz Hill High School, Antelope Valley Union High School District, CA

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