Craft Lessons Second Edition Teaching Writing K-8 |
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| Author:
| Fletcher, Ralph
Portalupi, JoAnn |
| ISBN: | 978-1-57110-777-0 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2007 |
| Publisher: | Stenhouse Publishers
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $27.99 |
Book Description:
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Since its publication in 1998 Craft Lessons has become a staple in the writing classroom of both new and experienced teachers. Authors Ralph Fletcher and JoAnn Portalupi recognized the need for a succinct resource and teamed together to write the second edition of Craft Lessons: Teaching Writing K-8. Teachers pressed for time will appreciate the practical lessons and instructional language geared to three grade level groupings: K-2,...
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Since its publication in 1998 Craft Lessons has become a staple in the writing classroom of both new and experienced teachers. Authors Ralph Fletcher and JoAnn Portalupi recognized the need for a succinct resource and teamed together to write the second edition of Craft Lessons: Teaching Writing K-8. Teachers pressed for time will appreciate the practical lessons and instructional language geared to three grade level groupings: K-2, 3-4, and 5-8. This edition includes:
- 17 brand new lessons; mini lessons designed from teachers' comments about what is observed in students' writing
- Revisions to other craft lessons and the resource materials sections have been expanded
- New ways to approach teaching using elements of craft and the reading-writing connection
- A subject index to find specific craft lessons with ease
- The authors' thoughts about how craft lessons fit into their newest thinking about the qualities of writing: Ideas, Design, Language, and Presentation
The 95 lessons in this book provide a wealth of information for teaching leads, character, endings, stronger verbs, and much more. This new edition reestablishes Craft Lessons as the crucial "desert island book" for harried writing teachers everywhere