Product Review

Teaching Writing in Middle and Secondary Schools provides research-based and standards-based strategies–as well as classroom-tested activities–all in one book. Covering the core fundamentals of exemplary practices in the teaching of writing, this book demonstrates writing processes and the use of rubrics, with authentic samples taken directly from students' writing portfolios. Readers are also given valuable information on teaching grammar and spelling, curriculum planning, service learning, and community and parental involvement–all through the lens of teaching writing.