Teacher's Guide - The Power in Your Hands: Writing Nonfiction in High School
Students will learn independently in the self-guided textbook, so why buy The Power in Your Hands Teacher's Guide?
This Teacher's Guide gives you all the answers for their daily work. It also equips you to be as involved as you care to be in your students' writing class.
The Power in Your Hands, Teacher's Guide includes an easy-to-use grading grid. It will help parents grade essays with a grading grid. Now you can evaluate your teens' essays by answering simple and clear questions. Whether you are new at grading or a seasoned pro, your nail-biting days are over. Download a sample grading grid here.
Answers to all daily lessons are included in the Teacher's Guide and many student and professional essays from the textbook, so you know what your students are reading. Each Power in Your Hands assignment includes a specific checklist and writing schedule. These, too, are included in this guide.
Also in the Teacher's Guide are the 14-Minute Power Surges, a fun program of daily writing prompts geared to interest even the most reluctant writers. This program is similar to Sharon Watson's 10-Minute Writing Plunges found in Jump In, her popular middle-school writing curriculum.
