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TEACHING RESOURCES

Free Government Four by Four The Critical Writer
e-Resources for Youth Practical Methods for Inquiry and the

Inform, Inspire, and Activate Writing Persuasively Writing Process

DOROTHY ORMES JOYCE ARMSTRONG CARROLL, EDD, JOYCE ARMSTRONG CARROLL, EDD,
HLD, AND EDWARD E. WILSON HLD, AND EDWARD E. WILSON

August 2016, 146pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 February 2012, 76pp, 7x10 April 2014, 118pp, 7x10
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“ limited funding for education, “ The writing is very clear and High-quality original writing doesn’t
In the age of cutbacks and

books like [this] can be quite ably supported by numerous happen by accident; it results from a
handy for librarians and models and lesson plans. . . . logical, inquiry-based process. Educators
researchers alike. ” This work is recommended for will be able to apply the concepts and
English teachers of English
—VOYA, December 6, 2016 where persuasive writing is on techniques in this book to help their
the curriculum. students master the critical writing
Specifically focusing on the resources on ” process.
federal government available online, this —Australian Library Journal,
book supports the education of young February 1, 2013 FEATURES
citizens and supplies directions for Geared toward English and social studies • Presents information about one
conducting programs for youth on the teachers as well as school librarians, this school district’s application of—and
results from—authors Carroll and
government.
book provides a clear and concise way Wilson’s inquiry-based critical writing
FEATURES to approach the teaching of persuasive schemata throughout the year
• Introduces librarians to a vast range writing—and to develop the skills • Combines accessible explanations
of no-cost resources that can be students need to excel on high stakes of pedagogical theory with practical
added to their services repertoire, tests as well. guidance on how to teach the writing
including reference, programming, process along with the inquiry process
and displays FEATURES • Offers information directly related to
• Helps librarians educate young • Focuses on the 21st-century skills helping students achieve standards
citizens about their government and needed to pass high stakes tests
how it works • Appendices providing mnemonics, ALSO OF INTEREST
• Supports teachers and homeschoolers registers of language, sample Acts of Teaching: How to Teach Writing:
in K–12 education with a breadth of persuasive theses, and the major
government resources applicable to a fallacies students use in their writing A Text, A Reader, A Narrative, Second
variety of subject matter that is linked Edition online at librariesunlimited.com
to national standards ALSO OF INTEREST
Guided by Meaning in Primary Literacy:
Libraries, Reading, Writing, and Learning
on page 160.

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