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Marvelous minilessons for teaching intermediate writing, grades 3-8
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"This timely book shows teachers how to bring students on board with the "writingest" generation in history. This minilessons in this practical book go beyond grammar, spelling, and conventions to ...
"This timely book shows teachers how to bring students on board with the "writingest" generation in history. This minilessons in this practical book go beyond grammar, spelling, and conventions to focus on comprehensive written communication as one of the essential skills for success. These fresh minilessons explore how to help students go beyond fuzzy thinking and generic voice and help them to organize their thinking, solve problems, identify key ideas, and reflect on different perspectives. The book argues that writing is important to help students communicate ideas to others, as well as to document their own thoughts. This buffet of minilessons gives you ideas to add to your teaching repertoire so you can help your students' work shine a little brighter."--
Details
- Creator
- Lori Jamison Rog
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- Markham, Ontario, Canada : Pembroke Publishers Limited, [2018]
- ©2018
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (142 pages) : illustrations
- ISBNs
- 9781551389301, 1551389304, 1551383292
- Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction: The "Writingest" Generation -- The Minilesson -- How to Use This Book -- Chapter 1: Writing Workshop: A Predictable Structure Where the Unpredictable Can Happen -- How Can We Find the Time? -- Teaching Time, Writing Time, Sharing Time -- Supporting Independence -- Topic Self-Selection -- Managing Materials -- The Teacher's Role -- The Walkabout Conference -- The TAG Conference -- The Editing (Polish to Publish) Conference -- Writing Workshop and the Struggling Writer -- Technology Talk -- Chapter 2: Where Do We Start? -- Planning Units of Study -- Teaching by Text Form -- The Journey to Publication -- Planning a Genre-Based Unit of Study -- Sample Questions for Creating a Framework for a Text Form -- Rubrics -- A Sample Unit Plan for Personal Narrative -- Sample Unit of Study Objectives for Personal Narrative Writing -- Getting Started for the First Six Weeks -- Sample Assessment Rubric for Personal Narrative -- Chapter 3: Writing to Learn -- Effective Instructional Strategies -- Writing About Nonfiction Reading -- Struggling Writers and Writing About Reading -- Minilessons in This Chapter: -- The Gist and the 3 E's -- Write a Bad Response -- What's the Difference? -- Sum It Up! -- Focused Freewriting -- Chunk and Chew, Stop and Jot -- WITIK: What I Think I Know -- Chapter 4: Writing to Inform -- An Informational Writing Unit of Study -- Teaching an Informational Writing Unit -- Minilessons in This Chapter: -- Skinny Down the Topic -- Telegram Notes -- Terrific Topic Sentences -- Bookend Paragraphs -- Gems to Make Writing Sparkle -- The First Four Words -- Rubric for Assessment and Evaluation -- Chapter 5: Writing to Persuade -- Steps in Teaching a Persuasive Writing Unit -- Minilessons in This Chapter: -- Agree or Disagree? -- What, Why, and How Do You Know? -- Face the Facts
- Other People Might Say... -- AIM for a Great Opening -- End with an I, You, or We -- Loaded Words -- Rubric for Assessment and Evaluation -- Chapter 6: Content Minilessons: Topics and Details -- Minilessons in This Chapter: -- Topic Bingo -- Trifold Planner -- Listing or Layering -- Don't Tell Me, Show Me! -- Add an Anecdote -- Slo-Mo Writing -- Dabble in Dialogue -- "Stars and Wishes" Peer Conferences -- Chapter 7: The Writer's Craft: Writing with Rhythm and Flair -- Minilessons in This Chapter: -- TAP into Voice -- Vivid Verbs -- The Magic of Three -- Say it with a Simile -- What Does Red Sound Like? -- Pop in a Popper -- The VSS -- Flip the Sentence -- Chapter 8: Conventions: The Good Manners of Writing -- Grammar Rules We Thought We Knew (But Didn't) -- Is it Time to Stop Teaching Spelling? -- Word Study -- Minilessons in This Chapter: -- Be Your Own Editor -- Sentence Stretching -- Three Sentence Stories -- The Royal Order of Adjectives -- Possessive or Plural Word Sort -- Explode a Word -- The Five Ps of Paragraphing -- Resources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W