Chart Sense for Writing: Over 70 Common Sense Charts with Tips and Strategies to Teach 3-8 Writing

Chart Sense for Writing is the companion to the best-selling Chart Sense: Common Sense Charts to Teach 3-8 Informational Text and Literature. This resource is for elementary and middle school teachers who are ready to create meaningful, standards-based charts with their students. The same charts that Rozlyn creates with students when she models and teaches writing in classrooms across the nation are all included here. Packed with over seventy photographs, Chart Sense for Writing is an invaluable guide for novice or veteran teachers who want authentic visuals to reinforce and provide guidance for the writing classroom. Organized in a simple, easy-to-use format, Rozlyn shares multiple charts for each writing standard. At over 190 pages, this book is filled with actual charts, step-by-step instructions to create your own, teaching tips, and instructional strategies.

Rozlyn Linder, Ph.D. is a highly sought-after presenter and best-selling author of four books. Known for her energetic, fast-paced seminars and workshops, she collaborates with teachers across the nation at national and state conferences on literacy. An award-winning teacher, she has taught at all levels from elementary through college. Dr. Linder is certified in Special Education, K-12 Reading, Advanced Placement English Composition, Early Childhood Education, and Middle School Language Arts in the state of Georgia. Rozlyn specializes in explicit instruction, culturally-relevant pedagogy, and standards-based classrooms. As a life long learner, Rozlyn is completing her second doctorate degree in Language and Literacy at Georgia State University. She is an alumna of Clark Atlanta University (BA in Early Childhood Education), Kennesaw State University (MA in Professional Writing), University of West Georgia (Ed.S. in Instructional Technology), and Mercer University (Ph.D. in Educational Leadership). Rozlyn lives in Georgia with her two daughters and husband.