Helping English Learners to Write--Meeting Common Core Standards, Grades 6-12

by Robin C. Scarcella, Tina Matuchniak, Carol Booth Olson

Book Overview

Using a rich array of research-based practices, this book will help secondary teachers improve the academic writing of English learners. It provides specific teaching strategies, activities, and extended lessons to develop EL students' narrative, informational, and argumentative writing emphasized in the Common Core State Standards. It also explores the challenges each of these genres poses for ELs and suggests ways to scaffold instruction to help...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807756334
• ISBN13: 9780807756331
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"