Book Description
This collection is an annotated bibliography of 150 picture books, chapter books, and young adult novels with teacher-tested lessons to strengthen students' writing in all six traits.
Author : Ruth Culham
Publisher : Teaching Resources
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,13 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780545138437
This collection is an annotated bibliography of 150 picture books, chapter books, and young adult novels with teacher-tested lessons to strengthen students' writing in all six traits.
Author : Ruth Culham
Publisher : Teaching Resources
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,89 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780545025119
More than 150 books to strengthen students' writing in all seven traits!
Author : Rose Cappelli
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 26,82 MB
Release : 2023-10-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 1003843484
In their first edition of Mentor Texts, authors Lynne Dorfman and Rose Cappelli helped teachers across the country make the most of high-quality children's literature in their writing instruction. Mentor Texts: Teaching Writing Through Children's Literature, K-6, 2nd Edition the authors continue to show teachers how to help students become confident, accomplished writers by using literature as their foundation. The second edition includes brand-new Your Turn Lessons, built around the gradual release of responsibility model, offering suggestions for demonstrations and shared or guided writing. Reflection is emphasized as a necessary component to understanding why mentor authors chose certain strategies, literary devices, sentence structures, and words. Dorfman and Cappelli offer new children's book titles in each chapter and in a carefully curated and annotated Treasure Chest. At the end of each chapter a Think About It'sTalk About It'sWrite About It section invites reflection and conversation with colleagues.The book is organized around the characteristics of good writing'sfocus, content, organization, style, and conventions. The authors write in a friendly and conversational style, employing numerous anecdotes to help teachers visualize the process, and offer strategies that can be immediately implemented in the classroom. This practical resource demonstrates the power of learning to read like writers.
Author : Ruth Culham
Publisher : Stenhouse Publishers
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 35,65 MB
Release : 2016-09-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 1625311419
Culham demonstrates a major part of good writing instruction is finding the right mentor texts to share with students. Within this book, you'll discover more than 90 excellent mentor texts, along with straight-forward activities that incorporate the traits of writing across informational, narrative, and argument modes.
Author : Ruth Culham
Publisher : Teaching Resources
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 22,25 MB
Release : 2010
Category : English language
ISBN : 9780545013635
Effective, easy-to-use tools for trait-based assessment and instruction--just for middle school teachers. Includes printable reproducible forms!
Author : George McClements
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 12,62 MB
Release : 2008-04-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1599900610
Every Tuesday night, while his parents try to enjoy their dinner, a boy turns into a monster the moment a pea touches his lips.
Author : Nicole Groeneweg
Publisher : Teaching Resources
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,26 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Activity programs in education
ISBN : 9780545115933
Mentor-text-based lessons on finding topics, organizing material, writing leads and endings, exploring genre, and more.
Author : Ruth Culham
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 34,1 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780439280389
Everything you need to teach and assess student writing with this powerful model.
Author : Beverly A. DeVries
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 23,5 MB
Release : 2022-12-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 1000826236
In this book, you’ll find a wealth of mini lessons designed to improve the quality of students’ writing. Each lesson uses a key mentor text and spotlights one of the 6 + 1 Writing Traits to allow students to focus on the essential aspects of good writing – content, organization, word choice, voice, sentence fluency, conventions, and presentation. Inviting and practical, the lessons are concise and follow a consistent model for easy implementation. With seven lessons per chapter, each includes step-by-step guidance, open-ended prompts, and suggestions for additional suitable mentor texts. The chapters are organized by genre – including fiction, informational texts, and poetry – and feature graphic novels and graphic informational mentor texts to inspire and engage students. Aligned with the Common Core State Standards, this resource is essential for any K-8 or pre-service teacher who wants to instill in their students the skills to become independent, confident writers.
Author : Lynne R. Dorfman
Publisher : Stenhouse Publishers
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 24,74 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Education
ISBN : 1625311311
It's been a decade since Lynne Dorfman and Rose Cappelli wrote the first edition of Mentor Texts and helped teachers across the country make the most of high-quality children's literature in their writing instruction. In the second edition of this important book Lynne and Rose show teachers how to help students become confident, accomplished writers by using literature as their foundation. The second edition includes brand-new "Your Turn Lessons," built around the gradual release of responsibility model, offering suggestions for demonstrations and shared or guided writing. Reflection is emphasized as a necessary component to understanding why mentor authors chose certain strategies, literary devices, sentence structures, and words. Lynne and Rose offer new children's book titles in each chapter and in a carefully curated and annotated Treasure Chest. At the end of each chapter a "Think About It--Talk About It--Write About It" section invites reflection and conversation with colleagues. The book is organized around the characteristics of good writing--focus, content, organization, style, and conventions. Rose and Lynne write in a friendly and conversational style, employing numerous anecdotes to help teachers visualize the process, and offer strategies that can be immediately implemented in the classroom. This practical resource demonstrates the power of learning to read like writers.