How can we teach today's students to write with clarity, passion, and purpose? How can we move all students, even those who struggle or are reluctant, forward in their skills as writers? In Improving Adolescent Writers, Kelly Gallagher invites you into his classroom for an in-depth look at ways to successfully answer these questions, and more. Through a variety of methods, modeling, mid-process assessment, small-group conferring, grammar and editing...

Written by an experienced teacher, this step-by-step process breaks down writing an essay into manageable partw with clear explanations and examples. Your end product will be a clear, organized, logical and meaningful essay.