Bøger af Michael Neal

How can educators understand writing assessment as and with technology in the 21st-century classroom? Thisl contends that new technologies are neither the problem nor the solution. Instead, educators need to tap into digital resources only inasmuch as they promote writing and its assessment as rhetorical with authentic purposes, audiences, and contexts.

Rex's Secret is a story about a red fox named Rex. He is sad when his best friend leaves one summer because humans have moved into the forest. He cannot seem to find another friend until a new fox family arrives. Rex and Sara become great friends and play together the rest of the summer. However, on the first day of school, Rex finds out something about Sara that he did not know. Now he has to choose between his new friend and admitting a secret of his own in front of the entire school and the class bully, Francie. What will he do?

Warren is a young wolf who lives in the Lamar Valley of Yellowstone. He enjoys sleeping late and watching everyone else work. One day, he is thrown out of his pack and must learn to survive on his own. Warren meets a pesky raven named Ron who likes to tell him what to do. His younger brother Tommy joins him until they are attacked by another wolf pack and become separated. Warren then meets a mysterious wolf named Jack. Although Ron warns him to stay away, Warren teams with Jack for a series of adventures until they, too, become separated.Does Warren ever see Tommy again? Does Ron the raven help him or prove to be just a bothersome bird? Can Warren learn the meaning of responsibility?