Re: Writing for State Assessments

["Diane Dye" <dededye1@tx.rr.com>]

Barry Lane is fantastic.  I have attended several of his workshops and seen 
him at conference.
Jeff Anderson's Mechanically Inclined is also another great book to use for 
mini lessons.
My Bible is Acts of Teaching by Joyce Armstrong Carroll and Edward Wilson.
Kelly Gallagher has a new book out called Teaching Adolescent Writers.  My 
teachers are raving about him--they just attended a workshop with him.
Gretchen Bernebei's books are also fantastic. (She's a good friend of Barry 
Lane.)  Her Reviving the Essay is a top notch book for assessment writing.

Good Luck!!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <jimjceleb@aol.com>
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Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 12:49 PM
Subject: Re: [middle-lit] Writing for State Assessments


> Sherry,
>
> If you do get enough copies and begin a study group, you might want to 
> consider the purchase of Barry's DVD/Video kit called Hooked on Meaning; 
> Writing Craft Video Lessons that Improve Achievement on Writing Tests 
> Through Authentic Instruction. We had him as a speaker at our local 
> conference just over a year ago. It was one of the bvest presentaitons I 
> have ever attended. Much of what he spoke is contained in the kit. It 
> comes with a Teacher's Guide as well as reproducible overheads. I have 
> used it successfully with my teachers and once or twice with classes.
> Jim Johnston
>
>
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> Sent: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 1:05 pm
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>
>
> An absolute necessity is Barry Lane's After the End. I've asked my 
> principal
> to get copies for each of our Language Arts teachers next year with the 
> intent
> of forming a study group.
>
> Sherry
>
>
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