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Heinemann Educational Books
Peter Smagorinsky: "Teaching English by Design"
Great resource for planning complete units and for literature activities.
http://www.amazon.com/Teaching-English-Design-Create-Instructional/dp/0325009805
Edgar Schuster: "Breaking the Rules: Liberating Writers Through Innovative Grammar Instruction"
Good introduction to grammar instruction and the controversies surrounding it. (A bit iconoclastic, but I agree with his approach. The anti-grammar-nazi.)
6+1 Traits of Writing. There are different books and websites. http://educationnorthwest.org/traits
This is the "mandated" writing strategy in my county, but it is really good. There is a book specifically for middle school that has great writing instruction ideas.