Grammar Keepers: Lessons That Tackle Students' Most Persistent Problems Once and for All, Grades 4-12 (Corwin Literacy) - Softcover

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Gretchen Bernabei's teaching career spans more than 28 years-and counting. She currently teaches English at the Eleanor Kolitz Academy in San Antonio. Gretchen has shared her experience with other teachers through seminars, journal articles and books, offering field-tested techniques for teaching writing. Her The Good Writer's Kit for Hampton-Brown/National Geographic is a multi-component program for inspiring adolescent writers. Other recent publications include:

• Crunchtime: Lessons to Help Students Blow the Roof Off writing Tests and Become Better Writers in the Process (Heinemann)
  • Publication to date units: 14,050
  • First 12 months units: 6000
• Why We Must Run with Scissors (with Barry Lane)
• Reviving the Essay: Teaching Structure without Formula
• Lightning in a Bottle, a program featuring photographs on CD-ROM used to prompt and guide student writing.
• "The School Essay: Tracking Movement of the Mind" in Teaching the Neglected "R": Rethinking Writing Instruction in Secondary Classrooms (Heinemann)
• The Story of My Thinking: Expository Writing Activities for 13 Teaching Situations (forthcoming, Heinemann, fall 2012)
She has published two anthologies of high-scoring student TAKS essays entitled Sparklers: High Scoring Test Essays and What They Teach Us and More Sparklers.

In 2010, NCTE awarded Gretchen the prestigious James Moffett Award for her classroom research.
In addition, Gretchen is a sought-after presenter for workshops and staff-development seminars across the United States. Her schedule for summer 2012 is attached.