Powerful, personalized AP® instruction, practice and assessment

To request teacher access:www.PearsonSchool.com/Access_Request1. Select Language Arts2. Select New Customer (Returning customer for years 2-6)3. Selection Option #34. Use drop down menu to locate program

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You will receive an access code and instructions via email with 24 hours. Access codes are to be redeemed at PearsonSchool.com/Access.

To download additional registration and course creation instructions please visit: MyTrainingConnection.com – select MyLabs Mastering tab from screen menu.

This is the home page as you and your students will view it.

• The left navigation includes all of the teacher and student tools.

• The calendar organizes assignments by due date and keeps track of completed work.

• The Learning Path guides students through their personalized study plans for remediation and/or enrichment and links directly to extension activities from the textbook

• Teachers can post Announcements daily, weekly, or as often as needed.

Communication tools include email, discussion boards, and live chat.

Document Sharing enables your to post your own content or import assignments.

Instructor Help links teachers to a wealth of self-guided support to create, customize, and manage courses.

The Gradebook includes real-time reporting and allows you to view student activity and progress in multiple ways, export and share data, add “offline” items, drop scores, and weight scores

Activities/Assessment Managerallows you to customize your course, create your own exercises and tests, set mastery levels, or edit existing activities.

Course Settings empowers you to customize your course, your way.

All of the Course Management tools are conveniently located in the left hand navigation. Tools marked with the icon are for teacher access and use only.

Accessing and Navigating the eText

Open the eText from the left navigation and click View to launch it. The eText will open in a new window. You can always toggle back to MyWritingLab while keeping your eText open.

The toolbars on the top navigation of the eText include highlighting, note-taking, whiteboard view, bookmarking, search, and page navigation.

The Table of Contents and allows you to jump to a particular Unit, Chapter, or selection.

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Main Menu

Content and Organization

[From Course Home Page]MyWritingLab for Writing America is divided into three major parts.

1. Foundational writing, grammar, and research skills instruction practice and assessments.

2. Textbook specific resources that offer additional instruction, practice, and assessment for the selections in Part 2, the Anthology.

3. A Writing practice model that includes pre-set prompts for student response with automatic essay scoring based on six traits of writing.

* An optional module for Non-native English speakers includes six levels of additional grammar instruction, practice, and assessment.

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To include Writing Practice and Grammar for Non-Native Speakers see next page Course Settings

Content CoverageTo view, enable, or disable available content within your course, click Course Tools > Course Settings from the left hand navigation.

Edit Coverage Settings

Select whole content modules to include/remove.

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Use the Content Coverage list to customize topic-by-topic

Content and Organization

Assigning Due DatesTo view, assign, hide, or customize the available content within your course, click Course Tools > Activities/Assessments Manager from the left hand navigation.

Assigning Due Dates

The Activities/Assessment Manager is where you can customize your course, assign due dates, and preview and/or print content and add or delete content.

To assign content by due date, adjust mastery levels, and increase/decrease number of attempts for single activities/assessments:Activities Manager > View and Manage Assignments:

• Select course module from the top navigation bar• Select activity type (homework, quizzes & tests)• Select module from the drop down – hit go• Select Topic to further narrow the list – hit go• Use the Actions drop-down to choose your task – hit go

To bulk upload due dates: Activities Manager > Change Due Dates and Assignment Status

• Select course module from the top navigation bar• Select activity type (homework, quizzes & tests)• Select module from the drop down – hit go• Select Topic to further narrow the list – hit go• Check all activities you wish to include• Enter Start and End dates• Click Apply to Selected• Remember to save by clicking UPDATE

Tour Module 1: Writing, Grammar, Research

From the Home Page, students first take the Writing, Grammar, and Research diagnostic by selecting the Path Builder. The diagnostic will inform the personalized Learning Path where students will work to mastery on any skills they did not demonstrate proficiency. You can unlock your learning path by answering one question and submitting your test.

Based on the Path Builder results, each student is presented with a personalized Learning Path that targets and accelerates instruction mapped individual needs. A indicates that the topic has been mastered. A indicates more work is required. Select a module to explore.

Learning Path

Each module includes a Skills Check. A second, more discrete diagnostic that allows student a second opportunity to demonstrate mastery on the topics included in the particular module. This additional assessment helps student move more quickly through the topics and further focus on areas where they need the most help.

Topic Module

Instant, guided feedback

Multimedia resources at point of use.

There are multiple practice opportunities, with instant and guided feedback and point of use learning aides, to help student to recall, apply, and demonstrate mastery of each skill.

Tour Module 1: Working Through the Topics

The result of each activity is captured in the Gradebook.

Activities

Tour Module 1: Independent Writing Practice

Most topics include a Writing Assignment with pre-set prompts that provide students additional practice opportunities within the topic of study. Assignments are submitted to and graded by the teacher. One of the many Writing Practice resources include the Pearson Writer which links to a wealth of support including Purdue Owl videos, models, and mini-lessons covering research, grammar, writing, and cross-discipline application.

Starting from your course home page, click Activities: Your Textbook from the left menu to access the Learning Path for Part 2, the Anthology section of your textbook. The modules are organized by Unit. In this example we are looking at the Complete exercise in Unit 2, Emerson, The American Solider.

The marginal icons in the textbook indicate where there are addition instruction, practice, and assessment activities in MyWritingLab.

Tour Module 2: Activities from your textbook

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Extension Activities

Tour Module 2: Activities from your textbookAP TEST PREP

Exclusive to Writing America with MyWritingLab is the AP Online Test Bank that offers 500 questions that test student comprehension of the content of Units 1-6 of the Anthology. The Test Bank allows teachers to measure each student’s mastery of every topic covered in the book. This module is hidden from student view and only accessible when teachers assign an individual or bank of items. The test items can be completed online or printed and submitted. These assignments are graded by the teacher.

AP Test Prep Questions are hidden from student view until you choose to assign them.

To assign an AP Test Prep question:1. Open Course Tools from left menu2. Select Activities Manager from left menu and click “View and Manage

Activities from the option of Tasks.3. Select Activities Your Text Book tab from top navigation4. Use drop-down to select a unit (Units 1-6), click go, select topic, click go.5. Select Quizzes and Homework 6. Select the AP Prep question, use Action drop-down to “Copy” it into your

course. Advance by selecting “next” until the screen with assignment due dates appear. Assign a due date and save. You can also go back to the Assignment Manager, select the Unit, scroll through activities to find the AP test prep and use the Action drop down menu to create a “Setting for Class” to assign a due date to the test.

Assign Module 2: Activities from your TextbookAssigning AP Test Prep

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The third module is additional independent Writing Practice. The pre-set writing prompts are intended for longer, essay style responses on a variety of topics. As with all content in MyWritingLab, these activities can be assigned for specific due dates, removed or re-sequenced.

Tour Module 3: Writing Practice

When students submit their essay, they receive instant feedback based on six traits of writing and can access the additional resources in the Writing Advisor for more discrete feedback, additional instruction, practice, and concept modeling. Each prompt allows for 3 draft submissions with instant feedback before the final draft is submitted for teacher grading.

Students continually monitor their progress through their personal Gradebook. Teachers manage student work and progress through their comprehensive Gradebook and can view and export data in multiple ways to help inform and adjust in-class instruction and provide more targeted remediation where needed.

View by cohort or individual student – monitor progress on the learning path, on individual assignments, or performance by topic area.

Individual student views allow you to see overall performance or drill down to an item level analysis.

Review whole class performance on specific topics to identify proficiency gaps.

Tour Gradebook

Visit: MyTrainingConnection.com & select MyLabs Mastering tab from screen menu to download additional support materials.