Twelve comprehensive project ideas, step-by-step directions, templates, photos, and rubrics give secondary teachers a ready-to-go resource for engaging product-based assessment. Learn More

Good grief! Is nothing sacred? Jane Bell Kiester transforms Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Much Ado about Nothing into the best way ever to teach grammar, mechanics, vocabulary, and usage to high school students. Learn More

Marcia S. Freeman fully explains the four instructional steps that develop comparison skills. Learn More

This set includes two tools from Marcia Freeman on comparison writing: Crafting Comparison Papers and the Writing to Compare Wheel. Learn More

Susan Koehler explicitly explains five instructional steps that develop expository skills. Learn More

This set includes two tools from Susan Koehler on expository writing: Crafting Expository Papers and the Writing to Explain Wheel. The perfect genre set! Learn More

Learning how to write opinion and persuasive papers is essential. Your students’ performance on state assessments—and their overall development as young writers—depends on their ability to handle this demanding genre. Learn More

This set includes two tools from Tim Clifford on opinion/persuasive writing: Crafting Opinion and Persuasive Papers and the Writing for Opinion and Persuasion Wheel. Learn More

Teach comparison, expository, and opinion/persuasive writing with this genre set that helps writers in grades 4-10 choose general and genre-specific techniques as they pre-write, organize, draft, and revise. Learn More