Curriculum Design for Writing Instruction: Creating Standards-Based Lesson Plans and Rubrics

Replete with strategies, examples, and reproducibles, this guide is invaluable for any teacher who wants to boost student achievement in writing for any subjector grade level!

"The author's conversational style hooks and easily engages readers into the four-step curriculum design process, well-sequenced array of design templates and lesson models, synthesis of the six traits and writing process elements, and integration of history, social science, and science content."
Carl Zon, Standards and Assessment Consultant/Coach
Connections, Sunnyvale, CA

"This book effectively walks educators through the standards-based lesson design process in a way that is clear, compelling, and achievable while simultaneously building content knowledge and extending understanding."
Ruth Goldhammer, Coordinator, Curriculum and Staff Development
San Mateo County Office of Education, CA

Design innovative and engaging lessons and units that produce measurable gains!

This clever new resource takes the reader step-by-step through the curriculum design process: from identifying national and local standards and translating them into user-friendly language to crafting meaningful writing assignments and assessments that effectively reveal student strengths and weaknesses.

Rooted in the six-traits model of instruction and assessment and illuminated by relevant classroom examples, Glass's four-part process shows teachers how to:

• Identify grade-level content standards for writing
• Create a teacher rubric with a clear set of criteria for writing assessment
• Craft a student checklist that guides students through the unit and prepares them for teacher expectations
• Design lessons that help students achieve success

Replete with tools, strategies, examplesand reproducibles, Curriculum Design for Writing Instruction is a valuable resource for any teacher who wants to boost student achievement in writing for any subject and for any grade level!  

Kathy Tuchman Glass is a passionate educator. She is a former teacher and master teacher who now consults for schools and districts as a curriculum and instruction coach. Before authoring Curriculum Design for Writing Instruction: Creating Standards-Based Lesson Plans and Rubrics, she co-wrote for a literature textbook, served as literary consultant, and reviewed textbooks. Currently, she works with a myriad of teachers from new to veteran -- from one-on-one to whole staff -- in areas affecting curriculum and instruction, specifically: creates comprehensive standards-based language arts and social studies curriculum; assists schools/districts with strategic planning and helps to execute the plan; coaches teachers in instructional methods to improve their teaching; performs classroom demonstrations; facilitates sessions to score student work, assess growth, define areas of weakness, and create an action plan; collaborates with teachers to map their year long standards-based curriculum; and more. Originally from Indianapolis, Indiana, Kathy now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, two children, and their imaginary dog.