{"product_id":"writing-essentials","title":"Writing Essentials","description":"\u003cp\u003eGrades K-8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat does excellent writing instruction look like and sound like?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow do successful teachers get great writers who enjoy writing?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhere do teachers find the time for instruction, assessment, and test prep?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWriting Essentials \u003c\/i\u003eRegie Routman demystifies the process of teaching writing well and gives you the knowledge, research, precise instructional language, and confidence you need to succeed. With Regie’s help, you’ll transform your classroom into an organized, joyful writing environment where students connect reading with writing every day across the curriculum, learn essential skills like grammar and spelling, and achieve higher scores on high-stakes tests through sensible, writing-based test preparation and daily classroom-based assessment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWriting Essentials \u003c\/i\u003especifically and explicitly demonstrates practical, easy-to-do strategies that turn your writing instruction practices into best practices. Follow Routman’s path for successfully leading all students—including English language learners, writers who struggle, and students coping with learning disabilities—from first draft to publication. You’ll find expert advice and specific demonstrations on a wide variety of techniques, including\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e \n demonstrating your own writing process for students \u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003e \n organizing and managing the writing classroom \u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003e \n conducting effective, efficient writing conferences \u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003e \n creating meaningful rubrics for better assessment \u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003e \n teaching various forms of narrative and informational writing–and poetry \u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003e \n applying shared writing across the grades and across the curriculum \u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003e \n teaching editing and revision. \u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn addition, \u003ci\u003eWriting Essentials \u003c\/i\u003eincludes a \u003cb\u003eDVD \u003c\/b\u003ewith eight three-to-four-minute video clips from primary and intermediate classrooms that show Regie conferring with writers and celebrating their work as she teaches and assesses. These invaluable clips, and the detailed notes that accompany them, take you inside the writing conference to see its structures and procedures while the sample classroom publications, also on the \u003cb\u003eDVD\u003c\/b\u003e, reveal the exciting possibilities of working with student writers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWriting Essentials \u003c\/i\u003eis conversational, upbeat, practical, eminently readable, illustrated with a wealth of children’s writing, and filled with proven techniques for teaching writing well and managing your instructional time more effectively. With Routman in hand, you’ll not only have the inspiration to say “I can do that too,” but you’ll have first-rate resources and strategies to answer your questions and help make great writing instruction happen in your classroom immediately.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlso available by Regie Routman:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/vig.pearsoned.com\/store\/product\/1,1207,store-11640_isbn-0325004927,00.html\"\u003eReading Essentials \/ 0325004927 \/ 2002 \/ 288 pp.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/vig.pearsoned.com\/store\/product\/1,1207,store-11640_isbn-032500109X,00.html\"\u003eConversations \/ 032500109X \/ 2000 \/ 896 pp.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pearson Education","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46287468724462,"sku":"9780325006017","price":115.2,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/writing-essentials","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}