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Teaching Writing With Rubrics
Practical Strategies and Lesson Plans for Grades 2-8
- Laura A. Flynn - Albuquerque Public Schools
- Ellen M. Flynn - Chelwood Elementary School
May 2004 | 200 pages | Corwin
The step-by-step instructions, scheduling guidelines, rubric assessments, and reproducible forms in this guide are the result of years of research, planning, and fine-tuning in the classroom. Inspiring student creativity while addressing standards has never been so easy!
Teaching Writing with Rubrics includes:
} eleven comprehensive, ready-to-use lesson plans
} strategies to adapt assignments for students with learning disabilities, English Language Learner students, gifted students, and secondary school students
} numerous classroom-tested reproducibles.
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Part I. Getting Started
1. About Rubrics
2. Setting up Your Classroom Writing Program
and Organization
Structuring Your Program to Teach Students about Time Management
and Organization
Structuring Your Program to Teach Students about Time Management and Organization
3. How to Use This Book
Part II. Writing Rubrics and Handouts
4. Autobiography (autobiographical)
5. Biography (biographical)
6. Persuasive Essay (persuasive)
7. Research Paper (expository)
8. News Article (expository)
9. Legend (narrative)
10. Fairy Tale (narrative)
11. Science Fiction (narrative)
12. Narrative (narrative)
13. Family Tradition (autobiographical/narrative/descriptive)
14. Personal Experience (autobiographical/narrative/descriptive)
Part III. Creating & Adapting Your Own Rubrics
15. How to Create Your Own Rubrics
16. Adapting Our Program Across Ability Levels
Resources
Resource A: Teacher Reproducible Pages for Composition Books
Resource B: Teacher Resources
Bibliography
Index
What a gift! I used your book from the first day. Using your guidelines, I am now developing my own units and rubrics.
University of New Mexico
