Firsthand: Teaching the Quality of Writing Kit (Ideas, Design, Language, Presentation) [Includes Teacher's Guide, Lesson Cards, CD-ROM, in High Quality Carrying Case] Grades 3-6

A ready-to-use curriculum that provides you with the instruction students need to improve the quality of their writing and at the same time develops your ability to read and assess your students' writing. Hands-on lessons explore the Qualities of Writing - ideas, design, language, and presentation - and show how, when each is infused with voice, the writer's personality energizes the writing. Consists of a Teacher's Guide, Looking at Student Writing CD-ROM, 112 ready to use lessons cards which provide copies of teaching examples for the lessons and assessment and record-keeping forms from the Teacher's Guide. The CD-ROM has Authors' Videos which introduce Teaching the Qualities of Writing and Student Writing Discussions which feature the authors evaluating Student Writing Samples.