‘The Middle School Student’s Guide to Ruling the World!' - Gets Middle School Students Organized

March 10, 2010 - PRLog -- Tween Publishing is on a mission – to teach middle school students good work habits, time management and organizational skills, in order to ensure their success in middle school and beyond. Tween's S.O.S. curriculum responds to numerous studies indicating that organizational skills play a key role in middle school success. Their resources have made it easy for middle schools to respond to the needs of their students by offering a fun and comprehensive curriculum for teaching middle school (and soon-to-be middle school) students good, basic work habits, time management and organizational skills.


"A middle level study skills program should always begin with organizational skills instruction. Messy binders, missing assignments, and failure to follow directions are the kinds of things that trip up middle level students, causing them to underachieve”, says Susan Mulcaire, author of the S.O.S. curriculum. “Once students have organizational practices and strategies in place, traditional study skills, such as outlining and memory techniques, are more likely to succeed. Study and organizational skills are key to college readiness”.

‘The Middle School Student’s Guide to Ruling the World!’ - S.O.S. Curriculum includes an Instructor’s Guide, with 16 lesson plans and activities, and a 176 page student workbook, using comics, characters, text and exercises to teach students in grades 6-8 practical skills and strategies for success in middle school. There are also 10 fun, supplementary audio podcasts available for download. Receiving excellent reviews from both parents and teachers, these resources have recently been added to the Dallas Independent School District's recommended resource list.

Some of the skills taught in ‘The Middle School Student’s Guide to Ruling the World!’ include how to:
•   organize a "Goof Proof Binder"
•   survive a case of "PPD" (Personal Planner Disorder)
•   design a workspace that rocks!
•   successfully manage a group project
•   uza cmptr 4 mor thn im's
•   follow the Rules of Rubric Road
•   plan a long term project


“The lessons are engaging and relevant, and the activities fun but focused” says Sara P, a teacher from TN.  I have noticed a marked change in many of my children: they are truly learning organizational skills and strategies ... a ‘must have’ for all middle schools”

Parents are also pleased with the results of ‘The Middle School Student’s Guide to Ruling the World!’.
“Now (my son) feels very confident about keeping track of his important papers, handouts and homework” says G VanBeveran, a parent from NJ.

“Your book helped both my son and I get prepared for middle school” says Terry R, a Parent from WA. “...the book helps me to help him succeed”

‘The Middle School Student’s Guide to Ruling the World’ can be purchased from www.middleschoolguide.com for only $10.95 for the Student Workbook and $43.95 for the Instructor’s Guide.  

About the Author, Susan Mulcaire
Susan Mulcaire is a teacher and mother of three from Orange County, California. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Berkeley, a law degree (J.D.) from Santa Clara University School of Law, and a teaching credential from Concordia University in Irvine, California.

Having practiced law for over twenty years, she knows that there are similarities between managing a legal caseload and managing a middle school workload. Like a lawyer, middle school students are always juggling deadlines, due dates and scheduling. There’s a load of paperwork, and students must be prepared every day for their “practice”.

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