{"product_id":"writing-portfolio-activities-kit-isbn-9780787975562","title":"Writing Portfolio Activities Kit","description":"In this practical resource secondary English teachers will find an individualized, holistic curriculum that involves students in working with real-life models, creating and evaluating their own writing portfolios, and learning to see writing, grammar, and literature as inseparable pieces of the language arts. Over 350 pages of writing activities, teacher and student writing models, and writing guidelines help students learn at their own pace. These are accompanied by handy, easy-to-follow \"teacher pages\" with suggestions ranging from grading assignments to involving students in the evaluation process to creating mini-lessons for specific units. Covers all steps of the writing process and contains over 150 reproducible worksheets and models for developing students' writing skills in six different modes including Persuasive, Comparison\/Contrast, Narrative, Descriptive, How-to, and Literary Analysis. \u003cb\u003ePart I: Getting Started. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to Interest Students in Keeping a Portfolio.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to Keep Up with Portfolios.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePurpose of Portfolio Charts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWriting Portfolio Chart (sample).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePurpose of Rubrics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUse of Rubrics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrading Rubrics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to Use Writing Process \"Generic\" Sheets.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrganizing Response Groups.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to Use Group Goals\/Assessment Sheet.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortfolio Assessment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to Use Checklist for Publication.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2: Writing.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection 1: Persuasive Writing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to Use the Structure Rubric.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to Write a Narrative Scenario Introduction Conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to Use Rubrics for Persuasive Essay.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 2: Comparison\/Contrast Writing. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to Use the Comparison\/Contrast Chart.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHershey's vs. Skittles Game.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComparison\/Contrast Chart (sample).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWays to Use Model Essays.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 3: Narrative Writing.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to Use Story Starters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStory Starter Variation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to Design the Rubric to Fit the Assignment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFirst-Day Impressions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRituals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat's Right About My Life?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVariations on the Drug Essay.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 4: Descriptive Writing. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to Use the Sample Integrated Lesson Plan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSample Lesson Plan for Descriptive Unit.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExtended Sense Writing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDominant Impression Game.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDominant Impression of Childhood Supported by Three Places.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSample Sense Web: Dominant Impression-Security.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 5: How-To Writing. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Prewriting Game for How-To Writing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCreating Imaginative How-To Essays.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 6: Literary Analysis. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWriting Literary Analysis Papers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 3: Grammar. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePurpose of Correction Sheets.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUse of Correction Sheets.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrading Correction Sheets.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassroom Posters\/Notes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to Individualize Grammar Assignments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnswers to Sentence\/Fragment\/Run-On Test.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrammar Integrated into Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnswer Key for Comma Review:\u003ci\u003e A Christmas Carol\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnswers to Avoiding Changes in Verb Tense.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to Use the Grammar Skills Chart.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrammar Skills (sample chart).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWords x Five.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRow Game.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrincipal Parts of Verbs \"Bee.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVerb\/Refrain Poems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCapitalization Poems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to Use Poems to Review Grammar Rules.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnswers to Analysis: \"What's a Kid to Do?\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIf I Were in Charge of the World.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSentence Combining\/Varying Sentence Structure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnswers to Varying Sentence Structure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortfolio Assessment: Proofreading\/Revising.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnswers to Proofreading\/Revising.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4: Literature. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to Chart Literature\/Reading Tests.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSample Record of Literature\/Reading Tests.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSample Literature\/Reading Skills (chart).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndependent Reading (chart).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to Use Literature\/Reading Skills Sheet as Generic Literature Tests.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to Use Generic Literature Quizzes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdapt, Adapt, Adapt!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCreating Vocabulary Application Sheets Involving Higher Level Thinking Skills.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCreating Student-Interaction Reading Sheets.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to Use Fluency for Short Stories.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCreating a Journal Project for Novels.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to Design Group Projects for Novels.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to Integrate Research Skills.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to Construct Tests that Integrate Research and Literary Analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to Use Vocabulary Project for Novel.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to Create Short-Story Activities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMore Practice with Poetic Language.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eMary Ellen Ledbetter\u003c\/b\u003e (B.A. English, Speech, Western Michigan University; M.A. English, Michigan State University) has taught in public schools in Michigan and Texas and at San Jacinto College in Pasadena, Texas. She received Goose Creek CISD'S Board of Trustees' Bell Award for Outstanding Teacher in 1995 and 1997 and is currently a presenter\/consultant for the Bureau of Education and Research in Bellevue, Washington. This practical resource gives secondary English teachers a new, student-based approach to writing instruction that integrates writing, grammar, and literature assignments and involves students in building and assessing their own individual writing portfolios. \u003cp\u003eMore than 350 pages of writing activities, teacher and student writing models, and writing rubrics or guidelines at each step help students learn at their own pace. These are accompanied by hand \"teacher pages\" with suggestions ranging from grading assignments to involving students in the evaluation process to creating minilessons for specific units.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor easy use, all materials are printed in a big-spiral-bound format that folds flat for photocopying of any page as many times as needed and are organized into four parts:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGetting Started. Part One\u003c\/b\u003e gives detailed directions for creating portfolios that not only serve as a record of student growth in writing but also document master of grammar and literature\/reading skills. It shows how to interest students in keeping a portfolio assessment. Included are tips on the purpose, use, and grading of student-interactive rubrics and a variety of reproducible checklists, response sheets and more.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWriting. Part Two\u003c\/b\u003e covers all the steps of the writing process and provides easy-to-follow teacher pages and more than 150 reproducible writing worksheets and models for developing students' skills in six different modes. Here are just a few examples for each mode:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePersuasive:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eStructure Rubric\u003c\/i\u003e...\u003ci\u003eWelfare Reform: A Time for Change\u003c\/i\u003e (student sample)...\u003ci\u003eNo Pass, No Play\u003c\/i\u003e (student essay)...\u003ci\u003ePersuasive Writing Strategies\u003c\/i\u003e (samples) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eComparison\/Contrast:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e Comparison\/Contrast Chart\u003c\/i\u003e...\u003ci\u003eHershey vs. Skittles Game\u003c\/i\u003e...\u003ci\u003eThe Advantages of Being a Woman\u003c\/i\u003e (student essay) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNarrative:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eStudent-Written Story Starters\u003c\/i\u003e...\u003ci\u003eRubric for Narrative Vignette\u003c\/i\u003e...\u003ci\u003eMorning Ritual \u003c\/i\u003e(teacher model)...\u003ci\u003eFishing: The Family Ritual\u003c\/i\u003e (student essay) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescriptive:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eMy Favorite Place\u003c\/i\u003e (teacher model)...\u003ci\u003eRubric for Descriptive Essay\u003c\/i\u003e...\u003ci\u003eThe Boy Warrior\u003c\/i\u003e (student essay)...\u003ci\u003eMy Grandma's House\u003c\/i\u003e (student essay) \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow-To: A Pre-Writing Game for How-To Writing\u003c\/i\u003e...\u003ci\u003eHow to Imagine\u003c\/i\u003e (student essay)...\u003ci\u003eHow to Make a Dragon Cry Diamonds\u003c\/i\u003e (student essay)...\u003ci\u003eRubric for How-To Essay\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Analysis:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eLiterary Analysis Web with Quoted Support\u003c\/i\u003e...\u003ci\u003eExcerpt Containing Common Errors\u003c\/i\u003e...\u003ci\u003eLiterary Analysis Rubric\u003c\/i\u003e...\u003ci\u003e\"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi\" Analysis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGrammar. Part Three\u003c\/b\u003e provides an individualized approach to language usage and includes more than 40 reproducibles, such as an easy-to-grade corrections sheet that can be a personalized follow-up to all teacher-graded written assignments, assignment sheets integrating literature and grammar, and portfolio assessment sheets that give students an opportunity to review their own writing progress.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterature\u003c\/b\u003e. Part Four presents more than 30 unique reproducibles to spark and guide writing about literature, including generic application tests that can be given for any short story or novel, individual student-interaction reading sheets that allow students to respond to a work as it is being read, and independent assignments such as \"Creating a Journal Project for Novels.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn short,\u003cb\u003e Writing Portfolio Activities Kit\u003c\/b\u003e gives you an individualized, wholistic writing curriculum that involves students in working with real-life models, creating and evaluating their own writing portfolios, and learning to see writing, grammar and literature as inseparable pieces of the language arts!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990511272165,"sku":"NP9780787975562","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780787975562.jpg?v=1761788123","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/writing-portfolio-activities-kit-isbn-9780787975562","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}