This book demonstrates how, by drawing on students' interest in and familiarity with technology, you can integrate multimedia to maximize the potential of writing instruction. In eight concise chapters, author Sean Ruday identifies and describes simple, common forms of multimedia that upper-elementary and middle school students can use to improve their argument, informational, and narrative writing and critical thinking.

Introduction: Reimagining writing instruction -- Section 1: Incorporating multimedia into argument writing. Using photos and videos as supporting evidence ; Connecting to authentic audiences through student-created websites -- Section 2: Incorporating multimedia into informational writing. Creating video topic trailers ; Using images and figures to aid comprehension and illustrate concepts -- Section 3: Incorporating multimedia into narrative writing. Using images, videos, and audio files as tools for characterization ; Incorporating multimedia that captures thematic elements -- Section 4: Putting it together. Assessment strategies ; Final thoughts and tips for classroom practice -- Section 5: Resources. References ; Appendix A: Reproducible charts and forms you can use in your classroom ; Appendix B: A guide for book studies ; Appendix C: Links to Web content.