Janet Stone
1A Kensington Heights
Worcester, MA 01602
(508) 799-0842
mstone12242@charter.net
SUMMARY
Experienced writer and editor with thirty-five years of experience in writing and editing
materials that meet the needs of target audiences. Specific experience in developing
educational materials for students from the kindergarten to the college level.
EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
2009 to present
FREE-LANCE EDITOR.
 edited and revised TE lessons, grade 3, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Reading
 wrote passages and multiple-choice questions for grade 6 tests for Voyager’s
Philadelphia summer reading intervention program
 wrote three ELL study guides for online professional development courses,
Knowledge Delivery Systems
 edited vocabulary development program, kindergarten level, Davis Publications
 edited SE and TE Communicating through Graphic Design, Davis Publications
 wrote and commissioned illustrations and design for self-published textbook for
middle school and high school, Storytelling in Words and Pictures: How to
Write Graphic Novels and Comics
 edited self-published manuscripts: Become Aware, a book on spirituality;
Crimson Snow, a historical novel; David’s Story, a science fiction novel; North
Quabbin Wilds, essays and poetry
2001 to 2008
Victory Productions, Inc., Worcester, MA
PROJECT MANAGER/SENIOR EDITOR.
—Project management responsibilities included working directly with clients, hiring
freelance writers and providing guidelines, and working closely with production staff to
deliver final files to clients on time
—Editorial responsibilities included substantive product development, writing, editing,
and proofreading educational materials for numerous clients; a partial list is shown
below
Reading and Language Arts
 wrote and edited ELL teacher guides, grades 10–12, Holt Elements of Literature,
©2009; customized the national edition of grades 10 and 11 for California
 provided content development, project management, writing, and editing for SE
and TEs, grades 2–8, The Princeton Review SideStreets, a supplementary
reading intervention program; wrote the grades 5 and 8 TEs and SEs
 wrote and edited 900-page ELD teacher guide, grade 2, SRA Imagine It! to
support language and comprehension needs of low-level readers
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provided project management for ten ELL leveled readers, grades 4–7, Oxford
University Press; developed and wrote the TE
developed a curriculum for Disney Reading Adventures, writing 12 storylines,
readability guidelines for leveling, writer’s guidelines, and scope and sequence
wrote middle school hands-on writing and grammar activities for Pearson
Prentice Hall’s The Reader’s Journey; provided product development for
vocabulary game, researched word lists to select 240 words for vocabulary
questions
wrote the grade 4 SE and tests for grades 3 and 4 and provided project
management for grades 3–8, Options Content-Area and Academic Vocabulary
wrote 300 blackline masters, grades 6–8, Holt Elements of Literature, ©2003
edited guided reading program, grade 6–10, Jamestown Adapted Readers
provided content development, writing, editing, and proofreading for TEs and
blackline masters for a series of illustrated classics and two biography series,
grades 4–7, Kidsbooks/Learning Challenges
provided content development and wrote language arts content for pre-K, K, and
grade 1 workbooks, Trend for Kids
wrote activity cards and writing process transparencies and lessons for grades 3,
4, and 5, Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
Test Preparation
 wrote and edited numerous test prep workbooks and diagnostic tests for
Measuring Up to the New Jersey Standards, grades 2–11, Peoples Publishing
 wrote and edited FCAT test prep workbooks, grades 3–10, Triumph Learning;
conducted a literature search for 20 passages per grade
 wrote and edited California test prep workbooks, grades 9–12, and Florida test
prep workbooks, grades 6–10, for Prentice Hall Timeless Voices, Timeless
Themes; also provided correlations for numerous states and customized the TEs
Trade, College, and Professional Development
 Children, 3rd edition; A History of the World’s Religions, 10th edition; A
Handbook of Literary Terms, 6th edition, for Prentice Hall
 Having Twins, Houghton Mifflin
Computer Books
 wrote and edited SEs and TEs for Learning with Computers, grades K–5, South-Western
 provided content development, edited SEs and TEs for Learning with
Computers, grades 6–8, South-Western
Social Studies
 wrote state-specific test prep workbooks for world history, U.S. history, and
civics for Prentice Hall
 wrote tests and edited high school Maryland civics book for Prentice Hall
1993–2002
FREE-LANCE EDITOR.
• wrote articles, interviews, and special features for The Jewish Chronicle and the
Fifty Plus Advocate
• edited, copyedited, and proofread numerous middle school and high school art
textbooks, teacher guides, and professional development books for Davis
Publications; three featured titles are
—SE and TE, The Visual Experience, 2nd edition; edited the reading level down
from the college to the tenth grade reading level
—SE and TE, Discovering Drawing, 1st and 2nd editions
—SE, Discovering Art History, 3rd edition; also wrote special features
• wrote SE and TE materials for Publicom:
—5 units for TE grade 5, Harcourt reading program
—practice masters for McDougall literature, grades 9–10
—tests for grade 12 economics
—tests and projects for grade 11 American history
• wrote and edited SE and TE materials for Silver Burdett:
—wrote and edited TE grade 4, Silver Burdett Literature Works
—edited reading ancillaries, grades K–2
—edited ELL ancillary, grade 3
1982 to 1993
Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA
SENIOR EDITOR, ELEMENTARY LANGUAGE ARTS.
 edited SE, TE, workbooks, and tests, grade 6, Houghton Mifflin English
 edited SE and TE, grade 4, Houghton Mifflin Spelling; also wrote ancillaries for
grades 2, 3, and 4
EDITOR, BUSINESS EDUCATION.
 edited business simulations
 edited supplementary business English workbooks
 edited business mathematics textbook
 indexed typewriting textbook and business English ancillary
1981 to 1982
FREE-LANCE EDITOR.
 wrote SE lessons for McGraw Hill reading, grade 3
 wrote blackline masters for grade 7 grammar
 wrote grade 7 study skills unit for Houghton Mifflin English
 edited three college textbooks on special education for Allyn and Bacon
 edited two college English textbooks for Blackwell
1979 to 1981
Teaching Resources, Hingham, MA
EDITOR, SPECIAL EDUCATION.
 edited book and nonbook materials for students and adults with learning
disabilities
 developed art specs for programs with high concentration of artwork
1973 to 1979
Allyn and Bacon, Boston, MA
EDITOR, SECONDARY LANGUAGE ARTS.
 edited SE, grade 12, English program
ASSISTANT EDITOR, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION.
 edited vocational English high school program
 edited personal finance textbook, bringing reading level down from college to
high school level
EDUCATION
1987
Master of Science in Communications Management
Simmons College, Boston, MA
1971
Bachelor of Arts in English with minor in Education
Beaver College, Glenside, PA