<DIV><p>Book with CD-Rom<BR><BR>How can educators of middle school students promote writing that builds authentic language arts skills? By engaging young people in meaningful literary activities that relate to their lives. This book features twenty-four classroom-ready lessons that<BR>incorporate adolescent interests into writing assignments supporting Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts. Complete with step-by-step directions and student examples—and developed and tested in public and private classrooms with students of varying abilities—<I>Building Strong Writers in Middle School </I>can help inspire students to explore their personal thoughts and beliefs while building proficiency in core language arts concepts. With writing now being required across the curriculum, teaching language arts at the middle school level is more important than ever. Reproducible handouts included on CD-ROM.<BR> </p></div>