In this English Journal article, Franklin shares strategies for teaching students how to engage with each other more meaningfully as peer respondents to writing.

“They Say / I Say” identifies the key rhetorical moves in academic writing, showing students how to frame their arguments in the larger context of what others have said and providing templates to help them make those moves. And, because these moves are central across all disciplines, the book includes chapters on writing in the sciences, writing in the social sciences, and-new to this edition-writing about literature.

Develop good habits by keeping track of projects and due dates using time management tools in Gmail.

In this Google Applied Digital Skills lesson, students will learn to use Google tools to track their progress for finding a job.

Explore the after effects of earthquakes and tsunamis around the world using Google Earth.

In this English Journal article, Turley and Gallagher review the purposes and uses of rubrics as a tool of assessment in writing classrooms. They offer four questions intended to “push educators to deliberately articulate ‘judgments about the uses of rubrics’ and why they will or will not use them for assignments.”

GEGUtah and UEN cover the basics of Docs for the Google Certified Educator Level One and Level Two exam as well as some tips collected from Google Certified Trainers in GEGUtah!

GEGUtah and UEN cover the basics of Jamboard and Drawing for the Google Certified Educator Level One and Level Two exam as well as some tips collected from Google Certified Trainers in GEGUtah!

For our sixth session, we are covering the basics of Google Maps/Earth/Scholar for the Google Certified Educator Level One and Level Two exam as well as some tips collected from Google Certified Trainers in GEGUtah!

GEGUtah and UEN cover the basics of Sites for the Google Certified Educator Level One and Level Two exam as well as some tips collected from Google Certified Trainers in GEGUtah!

GEGUtah and UEN cover the basics of Sheets and Forms for the Google Certified Educator Level One and Level Two exam as well as some tips collected from Google Certified Trainers in GEGUtah!

GEGUtah and UEN cover the basics of Slides for the Google Certified Educator Level One and Level Two exam as well as some tips collected from Google Certified Trainers in GEGUtah!

Website providing descriptions and tutorials of various assessment types and ways to design them in inclusive ways.

Although this chapter is part of a larger set of chapters on teaching first-year writing, this specific chapter deals with general principles related to creating good assignment prompts.

Being organized is a key component to student success. Learn how to help students, and ourselves, be able to keep our Google Drives organized.

In this Writers Who Care blog post, Kim Johnson describes a series of strategies she used with her students to practice writing collaboratively in a way that would support the transfer of these writing strategies to a new writing task (a standardized test). Teachers may find this resource useful as they consider how to develop and implement writing strategies throughout a writing unit or to find examples of how to build writing strategies during collaborative writing experiences.

In this Writers Who Care blog post, Amy Worob shares a set of strategies related to mentor texts that she uses in her writing classroom. This resource will help give teachers examples and ideas about how to use mentor texts to develop writers’ strategies in their classes.

The Utah Core Standards are aligned to
scientifically based content standards.
They drive high quality instruction
through statewide comprehensive
expectations for all students. The
standards outline essential knowledge,
concepts, and skills to be mastered at
each grade level or within a critical
content area. The standards provide a
foundation for ensuring learning within
the classroom.