{"product_id":"9780807772072","title":"Writing Instruction That Works: Proven Methods for Middle and High School Classrooms","description":"\u003cp\u003eBacked by solid research, \u003cem\u003eWriting Instruction That Works \u003c\/em\u003eanswers the following question: What is writing instruction today and what can it be tomorrow? This up-to-date, comprehensive book identifies areas of concern for the ways that writing is being taught in today’s secondary schools. The authors offer far-reaching direction for improving writing instruction that assist both student literacy and subject learning. They provide many examples of successful writing practices in each of the four core academic subjects (English, mathematics, science, and social studies\/history), along with guidance for meeting the Common Core standards. The text also includes sections on “Technology and the Teaching of Writing” and “English Language Learners.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Features:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA detailed presentation of successful writing instruction in all four core subject areas.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExamples of writing activities that comply with the Common Core Standards.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA checklist and discussion questions for the classroom and professional development.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArthur N. Applebee\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Distinguished Professor in the School of Education, University at Albany, State University of New York and Director of the Center on English Learning and Achievement. \u003cstrong\u003eJudith A. Langer\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Vincent O’Leary Distinguished Professor at the University at Albany and the author of \u003cem\u003eEnvisioning Literature\u003c\/em\u003e, now in its Second Edition, and \u003cem\u003eEnvisioning Knowledge\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Concerned about your students' writing skills? Worried about how to prepare them for new performance assessments? In search of ideas for re-conceiving the teaching of writing on your campus? You have come to the right place. \u003cem\u003eWriting Instruction that Works\u003c\/em\u003e details and analyzes the state of writing in America's schools and offers a vision for how writing could and should be taught. For me, ArthurApplebeeand Judith Langer's book is a call to action. Read it today. Buy a copy for every educator you know.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eCarol Jago\u003c\/strong\u003e, past president, National Council of Teachers of English, associate director, California Reading and Literature Project, UCLA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In\u003cem\u003e Writing Instruction that Works\u003c\/em\u003e, Arthur Applebee and Judith Langer do as they have always done: offer us a compelling, coherent, and much-needed vision of what effective middle and high school writing instruction looks like in \u003cem\u003eall\u003c\/em\u003e content areas, anchoring their insights, recommendations, and claims in their extensive research in the classrooms of real teachers throughout the country. This book serves as a guide for what we must do to teach writing well and how we can do that in our schools, departments, and individual classrooms despite the many challenges we face. It is a book that traces our progress, identifies our problems, reminds us what is possible while revealing the ways we might achieve these ambitious and very important goals. If I had to recommend one book to a teacher, administrator, or professor to read about improving the teaching of writing in all content areas, this would be that book.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eJim Burke\u003c\/strong\u003e, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe English Teacher’s Companion \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eWhat’s the Big Idea?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Teachers College Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47109435261168,"sku":"9780807772072","price":21.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780807772072_p0.jpg?v=1763739531","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780807772072","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}