Book

Designing Writing Assignments

by Traci Gardner

Designing Writing Assignments
Grades
9 - 12
Type
Book
Pages
109
Published
February 2008
Publisher
NCTE
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Description

Traci Gardner offers practical tips, starting points, and a companion website to help secondary and college teachers design effective writing assignments.

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Grades
9 - 12
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Persuading Readers with Endorsement Letters
Students explore the genre of commercial endorsements, establishing characteristics and requirements for the genre. Each student then composes an endorsement of a product, service, company, or industry.
Grades
9 - 12
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Lesson Plan
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Recurring Lesson
Weekly Writer's Blogs: Building a Reflective Community of Support
Students explore the conventions of blog writing while using it to self-reflect on their writing and communicate with classmates about each other's reflections.
Grades
6 - 12
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Highlighting Out-of-School Language Expertise with Pop Culture Dictionaries

Students compose dictionary entries for words and phrases from pop culture texts (e.g., television shows, movies, lyrics, YouTube videos), connecting their definitions to their personal use of the terms.