Write Ahead Professional Development (Grades 9-10)
Professional development to introduce teachers to the Write Ahead program (Grades 9-10).
Write Ahead helps high school freshmen and sophomores improve their writing, reading, test taking, and learning. Students learn specific strategies for each stage of the writing process, from prewriting to publishing. They also learn to write dozens of different forms, from personal narratives to argument essays. Write Ahead overflows with writing guidelines, models, checklists, tips, and much more.
Write Ahead aligns with the 9th and 10th grade standards for writing, speaking and listening, language, reading literature, reading informational texts, and writing across the curriculum.
-High-interest student models, bright design, and beautiful illustrations keep students engaged.
-Numerous writing assessment models help students succeed in test-taking situations, including answering document-based questions in social studies.
-Chapters on critical and creative thinking as well as close reading strengthen students’ learning skills.
-Writing across the curriculum (WAC) chapters for science, social studies, and math help students learn in all content areas.
-Students also improve their information and media literacy to become better digital citizens.
A free online teacher’s guide provides teaching suggestions, models, minilessons, topic ideas, digital downloads, and much more. It correlates every page of Write Ahead to the Common Core State Standards.