title: Writing for Life: Paragraphs and Essays Plus MyWritingLab with eText -- Access Card Package (2nd Edition)
author: D. J. Henry
description: <P style="MARGIN: 0px">D. J. Henry is a veteran teacher with over 25 years of community college classroom experience and an acclaimed textbook author. During the course of her teaching career, D.J. Henry has served on several federally funded grants designed to infuse teaching and learning with sound pedagogies and technological supports. D.J. Henry has extensive experience in the standardized testing of literacy competencies. She worked with the State of Florida from 1982 to 2002 as an item writer, rubric writer, and reader for the College Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST) and the State Developmental Reading and Writing Exit Exam. D.J. Henry also served as a reader for the Florida Teacher Certification Exam (FTCE) for over 15 years. </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">&nbsp;</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">D.J. Henry has several esteemed publications, including a three-book college reading series with Longman Publishers (<I>The Skilled Reader</I>, <I>The Effective Reader</I>, and <I>The Master Reader</I>). Adopted at over <B>1,100</B> institutions nation wide, the series had an immediate and profound impact on the teaching of college reading, and is the most successful launch of a first edition reading series in over two decades.&nbsp; Another highly regarded publication is D.J. Henry&rsquo;s <I>Thinking Through the Test </I>(Longman Publishers), a study guide for the State Developmental Reading and Writing Exit Exam in Florida. Additionally, she has also published innovations in authentic assessments that utilize student portfolio pedagogies. </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">&nbsp;</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">A passionate educator and dedicate colleague, D.J. Henry continues to share her expertise in reading, writing, and authentic assessment through numerous presentations and workshops at national, regional, and local conferences and individual colleges.</P> <DIV> </DIV>
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