Assessing writers / Carl Anderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anderson, Carl, 1960-

Contributor:

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Composition and exercises--Ability testing.

English language.

English language--Composition and exercises--Study and teaching (Elementary).

Lesson planning.

Physical Description:

xvi, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, [2005]

Summary:

Offers practical methods for gathering information about every writer in the classroom and shows how to create writing lessons that address the needs of individual students as well as the whole class. Anderson's straightforward approach helps imagine an ongoing assessment program that takes the teacher from meeting new students to designing curriculum. Find out what you need to know about students to assess them as writers; how to uncover and make sense of this information; how to make an individualized plan for each student; how to use these plans when you confer; and how to structure units of study to meet classroom-wide needs.

Contents:

Why Assess?

Getting Started: Developing an Assessment Lens

Assessing Students as Initiators of Writing

Assessing How Well Students Write

Assessing Students' Writing Processes

Linking Assessment and Instruction: Designing Individual Learning Plans for Students

Linking Assessment and Instruction: Conferring

Linking Assessment and Instruction: Designing Units of Study.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780325005812

0325005818

OCLC:

61200577

Publisher Number:

99969313653