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Desk-level writing curriculum guides: Maupin House Publishing.


www.maupinhouse.com Program, $2,599 for six-teacher pack

Writing instruction of all assessed genres from kindergarten kindergarten [Ger.,=garden of children], system of preschool education. Friedrich Froebel designed (1837) the kindergarten to provide an educational situation less formal than that of the elementary school but one in which children's creative play instincts would be  through eighth grade is supported by this new grade-level specific program. The curriculum includes instructional levels that naturally differentiate differentiate /dif·fer·en·ti·ate/ (dif?er-en´she-at)
1. to distinguish, on the basis of differences.

2. to develop specialized form, character, or function differing from that surrounding it or from the original.
 instruction for general descriptive writing skills, as well as information expository ex·po·si·tion  
n.
1. A setting forth of meaning or intent.

2.
a. A statement or rhetorical discourse intended to give information about or an explanation of difficult material.

b.
, literature response, personal narrative, procedural/how-to, opinion, fictional narrative, comparison, and persuasive genres. Included are Target Skills for all genres; pacing charts; organizers : Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A
  • Jane Addams
  • Saul Alinsky
  • Susan B. Anthony
B
  • Ella Baker
  • Alexander Berkman
  • Paul Boden
  • Harry Bridges
C
 for planning, teaching and assessing writing; study group supports; lesson plan scaffolds; and a CD with K-8 writing samples and other classroom supports. The program includes a set of 16 instructional and workshop videos, professional books, and facilitator's library. Free samples are available.

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