Ready-To-Use English Workshop Activities for Grades 6-12: 180 Daily Lessons for Integrating Literature, Writing, and Grammar - Softcover

Ledbetter, Mary Ellen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130417300 ISBN 13: 9780130417305

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 2002

Synopsis

This unique resource gives middle and secondary school English teachers 180 high-interest activities that build students’ proficiency in the three major areas of the English curriculum—reading/literature, writing, and grammar. All the activities have been classroom tested, can be used with students of varying ability, and are effective as individual, group, or whole-class activities. For quick access and easy use, the activities are organized into 36 weekly packets—each packet including five “Dailies”—and printed in a big 8-1/4” x 11” lay-flat format for easy photocopying. Each “Dailies” activity begins with a well-written student passage followed by prompts that encourage students to examine the passage in terms of usage, stylistic devices, grammatical concepts, punctuation, and reading/literature skills. The activities require students to learn the rules that apply and to use the examples as springboards for their own writing. You’ll find that these integrated “Dailies” activities are ideally flexible. They can be completed as “warm-ups” at the beginning of class, as mini-reviews for more advanced students, or serve as walk-through activities or homework assignments for students who need reinforcement. Each activity will lead to inquiry and lively discussion as students analyze the model passage and learn to write effectively. 

About this title

About the Author:

Mary Ellen Ledbetter (B.A., English and speech, Western Michigan University; M.A., English, Michigan State University) has taught in public schools in Michigan and Texas and at San Jacinto College in Pasadena, Texas. She received Goose Creek CISD?s Board of Trustees, Bell Award for Outstanding Teacher in 1995 and 1997 and is currently a presenter/consultant for the Bureau of Education and Research in Bellevue, Washington. Two other English resources, Writing Portfolio Activities Kit (1998) and Writing Research Projects Activities Kit (2000), have also been published by the Center.

Review:

?Mary Ellen Ledbetter has done it again! This book is full of fun and creative ideas that will take students to that higher cognitive level all teachers strive to provide. Using her own unique style, she has once again created activities teachers will enjoy using everyday.?--Dr. Janet Coleman, executive director of instructional services, Castleberry ISD

About this edition

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0130417300
• ISBN 13: 9780130417305
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Number of pages: 373