Mastering Short-Response Writing: Claim It! Cite It! Cement It! - Paperback

by Alan Sitomer (Author)

Build confident, capable writers who own the concrete skills necessary to excel at composing evidence-based expository or argumentative short responses. In order to succeed on a wide range of writing assignments and assessments that call for writing to a prompt, students must control the content and mechanics of a logically structured, grammatically correct paragraph. California Teacher of the Year award winner and celebrated trade author Alan Sitomer outlines the Triple C writing system-- CLAIM IT! CITE IT! CEMENT IT! - a sequence of instructional steps that helps students concisely and convincingly respond to an on-demand prompt. Mastering Short-Response Writing is a particularly effective instructional tool for raising the skill sets of low-performing writers in grades 3 and up.

Author Biography

Alan Lawrence Sitomer is a California Teacher of the Year award winner and the founder of The Writer's Success Academy. He's a former inner-city high school English teacher and professor in the Graduate School Of Education at Loyola Marymount University. Sitomer is an inspirational keynote speaker who specializes in engaging underperforming students. He has authored 16 trade books with works ranging from hard-hitting YA novels like Caged Warrior and Homeboyz to humorous and warm children's picture books such as Daddies Do It Different and Daddy's Zigzagging Bedtime Story. He's also the author of several professional books and curricular resources for educators including The Alan Sitomer Book Jam.