From social media to school success--take student writing to the next level!

Text messages, Instagram captions, and Facebook posts...your students are already writers, with skills that serve as a springboard to the formal writing of school, college, and careers. With this book's customizable strategies, you'll help students make that transition, providing daily writing practice in your content area. Inside, you'll find:

• Engaging exercises based in the kinds of writing students already do
• Versatile "parachute writings"--quick bursts of practice to drop into a day's lesson
• Strategies for introducing academic vocabulary and making it stick
• Skill-boosting strategies for successful summarizing and using textual evidence
• Variations specific to all disciplines and content areas