Welcome to the Companion
Resources that accompany Designing Writing
Assignments by Traci Gardner. Effective student writing begins with well-designed classroom assignments. Designing Writing Assignments offers practical ways for teachers to develop assignments that will allow students to express their creativity and grow as writers and thinkers while still addressing the many demands of resource-stretched classrooms
Features of this Website
Each chapter in the book will have a corresponding
section on this site that contains related lesson plans,
NCTE standards and guidelines, and additional resources to help you
try the strategies in the classroom.