The Trait Crate, Grade 8
Item# 9780545318648
$95.49
Get the ultimate writing kit from expert Ruth Culham! This eighth-grade version includes 6 mentor texts with teaching guides, student reproducibles, scoring rubrics, and extension activities. The kit also comes... Read more
Get the ultimate writing kit from expert Ruth Culham! This eighth-grade version includes 6 mentor texts with teaching guides, student reproducibles, scoring rubrics, and extension activities. The kit also comes with a CD containing mentor-text passages, whiteboard activities, and more. Enhance your teaching with 6 colorful teaching posters. And don't forget Culham's best-selling book, Using Mentor to Teach Writing With the Traits. All of these valuable resources are neatly organized in a sturdy box with hanging folders for easy storage.
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Description
In this incredible kit, writing expert Ruth Culham provides you with grade-appropriate examples and detailed lessons to help you teach the essential elements of writingideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions. The eighth-grade version includes:
• 6 examples of outstanding writing: The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Dinkins by Barbara Kerley; The Black Diamond by Patricia C. and Fredrick McKissack; Samir and Yonatan by Daniella Carmi; Do You Read Me? by Diane Webber; The Iceberg Hermit by Arthur Roth; Wings by Christopher Myers
• 6 teaching guides, each containing 16 pages, with four exemplary lessons, student handouts, a scoring rubric, and additional activities
• A CD with passages from the mentor texts, interactive whiteboard activities, and student handouts
• 6 teaching posters that are perfect for middle school
In addition to these valuable resources, Culham's best-selling professional book, Using Mentor to Teach Writing With the Traits, is included, along with color-coded stickers. With all of these materials, you will have everything you need to effectively teach writing using the traits. Furthermore, these materials are neatly organized in a durable box with hanging folders dedicated to each trait, allowing for easy and expandable storage. This ensures that you will be able to store and access trait-based lesson materials for many years to come.
• 6 examples of outstanding writing: The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Dinkins by Barbara Kerley; The Black Diamond by Patricia C. and Fredrick McKissack; Samir and Yonatan by Daniella Carmi; Do You Read Me? by Diane Webber; The Iceberg Hermit by Arthur Roth; Wings by Christopher Myers
• 6 teaching guides, each containing 16 pages, with four exemplary lessons, student handouts, a scoring rubric, and additional activities
• A CD with passages from the mentor texts, interactive whiteboard activities, and student handouts
• 6 teaching posters that are perfect for middle school
In addition to these valuable resources, Culham's best-selling professional book, Using Mentor to Teach Writing With the Traits, is included, along with color-coded stickers. With all of these materials, you will have everything you need to effectively teach writing using the traits. Furthermore, these materials are neatly organized in a durable box with hanging folders dedicated to each trait, allowing for easy and expandable storage. This ensures that you will be able to store and access trait-based lesson materials for many years to come.
Information
Subject: Language Arts
Grade: Grade 7
Brand: Scholastic Teaching Solutions
Publisher Date: 01/01/2023
Author: Dr. Ruth Culham
UPC: 9780545318648
