Step Up To Writing, Teacher Edition Grades 9-12, 4th Edition, c. 2016

Step Up to Writing offers educators explicit, systematic instruction for every aspect of writing. This flexible, strategy-based program has been completely revised and updated to meet the writing standards students need to be college and career ready. Step Up to Writing provides students with rigorous and repeated practice in: - Foundational writing skills, including crafting effective sentences and paragraphs and skillful use of standard English; - The writing process - prewrite, plan, draft, revise, edit, write final copy, proofread, and share/publish; - Informative/explanatory, argument, and narrative writing; - Research skills to build and present knowledge; - Strategic use of technology to locate information and publish work; - Collaborative writing skills; - Vocabulary, grammar and conventions. All new formal assessments challenge students to write in response to grade-level-appropriate texts and provide instructors with meaningful data that can help guide instruction. The easy-to-use data tracking and analysis tools save teachers time as they quickly identify areas of strength and weakness for individual students and entire classes.