Writing Put to the Test: Teaching for the High Stakes Essay

by Amy Benjamin

Overview

This book helps educators improve students’ ability to write clear, coherent essays in response to on-demand writing prompts. While it focuses on students’ abilities to succeed at on-demand writing, it also promotes the teaching of writing as an expression of art and self. For grades 4 -12, it provides examples of responses to narrative and persuasive prompts, and provides savvy advice about what'scorers look for.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781596670266
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/11/2006
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	8.25(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Authored by Benjamin, Amy

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introducing On-Demand Writing; Part I The High-Stakes Essay; Chapter 2 Writing Instruction in the Age of Testing; Chapter 3 Resistance; Chapter 4 Using the Test Itself as a Teaching Tool; Part II Rhetorical Modes; Chapter 5 Teaching Writing Through Rhetorical Modes; Chapter 6 The Narrative Prompt; Chapter 7 The Persuasive Prompt; Part III Interventions; Chapter 8 Assistive Intervention That Works to Improve Writing; Chapter 9 Problem Solvers; Chapter 10 From Speech to Writing; Chapter 11 Language and Error;