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The power of publishing enables students to think like writers, to apply their learning strategies
 and to organize and express their learning. Learn to use print on demand to publish your own paperback books!

 

Publishing Resources:

Publishing with PowerPoint – available at Amazon

This book guides the reader through the process of creating and publishing their own books. Publishing one's story, or someone else’s story, is not difficult and PowerPoint is a useful tool for self-publishing. Why PowerPoint? Simple! It is already on most computers and is easy to use for the placement of text and graphics. There are limitless possibilities. The authors provide sample projects they have completed to present useful models for the readers' work.


Content Reading Strategies that Work  
Literacy strategies for academic success. 
Boost student achievement with rigor,
relevance and reading.


Literacy Strategies "Toolkit"
"Non-reader"
(430KB pdf)
"Word-caller" (358KB pdf)
"Turned-off reader" (389KB pdf)

Each kit features six tools gathered from research-based practice. The kits feature a guide for the teacher with suggestions on how they can modify each strategy to support even more rigorous and relevant instruction. A reproducible student organizer gives scaffolded responsibility for learning to the student. Students are invited to make each skill part of their reader’s toolbox and reflect on how it improves their comprehension.


All writers need fresh ideas to help them get started with a new story, article, poem, etc. This is especially true when we are young, and first discovering "how to write."
Over the years, we've worked with thousands of students and their teachers to develop story ideas that kids LIKE to write about. We've compiled some of our favorites into this book—101 Ideas Kids Can Write About  - Chapter 1 (3.3MB pdf)

We invite teachers to use this book as a resource for individual student writing projects, or as a springboard for larger cooperative publishing projects. Some teachers even use the assignments in this book to introduce students to desktop publishing, helping them start their own school newspaper or youth-oriented magazine from the stories they write.
We are always interested in hearing about the new and different ways teachers use 101 Ideas Kids Can Write About as a classroom tool. Please write and let us know what you think, Thanks, and KEEP ON WRITING!

Rubrics at Suzanne Meyer's
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Manage Your Own Writing Assignments 


A Writing Proficiency Crisis
"Writing well is not just an option for young people—it is a necessity. Along with reading comprehension, writing skill is a predictor of academic success and a basic requirement for participation in civic life and in the global economy. ...Because the definition of literacy includes both reading and writing skills, poor writing proficiency should be recognized as an intrinsic part of this national literacy crisis."
1.4MB KB pdf report | more

Graham, S., & Perin, D. (2007). Writing Next: Effective Strategies to Improve Writing of Adolescents in Middle and High Schools – A report to Carnegie Corporation of New York. Washington, DC: Alliance for Excellent
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Publishing Workshops by 
Patricia Martin,  Suzanne Meyer
and Peter Pappas

The Power of Publishing:
Academic Success for Struggling Readers and Writers

“These workshop showcase examples of successful programs that have motivated struggling readers and writers. The power of publishing enables students to think like writers, to apply their learning strategies and to organize and express their learning. Participants will also learn simple technology tips that produce great results. They can be adapted to suit your training schedule, audience and purpose.” For more info contact Peter Pappas

Sample publishing workshop

“Strategies for Student Success”
Oregon Summer Institute 2006
Podcasts and PowerPoint notes 
 
Workshop video in RealPlayer 
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Order one of these books and inspire your students to publish their own book!

Most books will be printed within 3 days of order  and shipped as quickly as you like via USPS.

Traveling through the Human Body
with ABCs
Written by 6th Graders

 

Learning happens when students construct meaning by comparing and contrasting words, by classifying terms, by creating a visual or graphic representation, by creating metaphors and analogies. This book designed by sixth-grade students allows them to think beyond the definition – using the context of the content – to both activate prior knowledge and to extend understanding.

Inspire your students by showing them a published version- Order a copy  
for only $10.23
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37 pages, 8.50" x 11.00", perfect binding, 80# interior paper, full-color interior ink, 100# exterior paper, full-color exterior ink

Or download as pdf for free and print and bind it yourself.


The Memoir Project
Project by Alicia Van Borssum

English language learners in third to fifth grades listened to, read, and categorized a wide variety of memoir literature. After immersion in literary memoir, the students were ready to attempt writing their own memoirs. None had any trouble coming up with an important life event to develop. The memoirs took the form of picture books, published in both analog and narrated digital formats. Ultimately they have been published as paperbacks.
 

Inspire your students by showing them a published version - Order a copy 
for only $12.03
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50 pages, 6.00" x 9.00", perfect binding, 80# white interior paper, full-color interior ink , 100# exterior paper, full-color exterior ink

Or download as pdf for free and print and bind it yourself.


The Writing Buddy Project
Written by second graders

This book by second graders includes the students’ acrostic poems, the original draft of their memoir or autobiography, the revised and edited draft of that memoir or autobiography and a self-reflection on their growth as a writer. The acrostic poems illustrate their efforts to expand the use of descriptive words. The memoirs illustrate their efforts to elaborate or add descriptive and informative details.

Inspire your students by showing them a published version - Order a copy 
for only $8.13
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24 pages, 8.50" x 11.00", saddle-stitch binding, 80# white interior paper, full-color interior ink , 100# exterior paper, full-color exterior ink

Or download as pdf for free and print and bind it yourself.

         
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