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Owes, Danny – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) 2011, documented that seventy-three percent of students in grades 4th thru 12th are performing below the proficiency level for writing in the United States. Writing in the 21st century has become an essential part of middle and high schools' students' curriculum (NAEP, 2011). In order for…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Writing Difficulties, Writing Improvement, Writing Ability
Jeschke, Harry Jewett; Potter, Milton C.; Gillet, Harry O. – Ginn and Company, 1930
This textbook is targeted at educators teaching students the seventh year in spoken and written English. Its objectives are: (1) a full development of the sentence sense, including the ability to analyze commonly used grammatical constructions and to discriminate accurately between dependent clauses and sentences; (2) reasonable skill in writing…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Grade 7, Textbooks, Grammar
Miller, Teresa N.; Shoop, Robert J. – National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), 2004
Gloria, a first-year principal at Sunflower High School, sighed as she stared at her computer screen. She had been asked to write letters of reference for three teachers who were leaving her school. The first resigned among rumors of misconduct with a student--but before an investigation began. The second was asked to resign after a school…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Fear, Principals, Teacher Evaluation