Strategies for Writers
Language Arts, GRADES K-6, American English
Getting your students ready to succeed as effective writers.
Strategies for Writers
Today’s standards put a new emphasis on writing to ensure that students are ready for the rigors of college and the expectations of today’s workplace. Strategies for Writers is a flexible writing resource for the next generation of students.
Strategies for Writers provides instruction that incorporates genre-specific characteristics of the six traits of writing for every step of the writing process. It includes:
Maximize success with student-friendly, self-guided writing instruction, presented in flexible lessons that can be completed in any order. With Strategies for Writers, students will write routinely for a range of tasks, purposes and audiences in multiple genres within the text types. They will also:
Strategies for Writers will build students’ confidence through explicit instruction, modeling, and practice for each of the writing text types. Students will:
Strategies for Writers provides ample writing practice for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences within Narrative, Informative/Explanatory, and Opinion or Argument text types. The leveled program ensures students will meet the requirements of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).
The content of Strategies for Writers has been developed around the six
essential writing traits
IDEAS
ORGANIZATION
VOICE
WORD CHOICE
SENTENCE FLUENCE
CONVENTIONS
Student Editions: Follow a 5-step writing process to help students produce examples of narrative, informative/explanatory and opinion or argument writing.
Writer’s Journals: Give students additional writing practice related to the text types seen in the Student Edition.
Teacher Editions: Provide daily and weekly planners and give tips and instructions for running grade-level appropriate classes.
Writer’s Journals Teacher Editions: Give answers to the Writer’s Journal activities.