Janet C. Richards is a Professor of Literacy and Research at the University of South Florida, Tampa, where she teaches graduate courses in qualitative and transdisciplinary research, academic writing, literacy, and multicultural literature. She publishes extensively and was selected as a Lansdowne Visiting Scholar, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She also served as an International Reading Association Volunteer Literacy Scholar in emerging Eastern European and Central Asian nations, and is the Senior Editor of the Journal of Reading Education.

“Teachers often worry about how to teach writing to students at different levels, especially to students who seem to struggle as writers. With those teachers in mind, this book provides tips about how to tailor instruction.”

• Foreword by Jane HansenIntroduction: Meeting Your Students’ Needs With Specific Writing Strategies by Janet C. Richards, Cynthia A. LassondeSection I. Strategic Inventing: Contemplating Ideas1. Color-Coding Sources by Cynthia A. Lassonde2. Developing Students’ Awareness of Their Strengths as Writers with an I-Can! Chart by Joanne Durham3. Using a Blueprint Graphic Organizer to Build a Story by Jennifer A. Fontenot4. Using Genre Charts to Guide Planning and Writing by Gabe Horn, Susan D. Martin5. Reciprocal Text Structure Mapping for Expository Writing by Joyce C. Fine6. Thanks for the Memories! Using a Sensory-Details Chart to Prepare to Write by Sandra Gandy, Mariah Kraus7. Organizing an Expository Essay: Using Big Idea Checklists to Support Writers by Allison Stone, Joyce C. FineSection II. Strategic Drafting: Putting Ideas on Paper8. Quilting Together an Expository Paper in Four Steps by Cynthia A. Lassonde9. Team Writing to Foster Students’ Motivation to Write: Moving From Group Work to Independence by Janet C. Richards10. Use Your Words: Learning to Paraphrase by Janet C. Richards11. Creating Rounded Characters through Cartoon Connections by Krishna Seunarinesingh12. Applying the Structure Strategy to Write Persuasive Texts by Bonnie J. F. Meyer, Jennifer Ireland, Melissa Ray13. Buddies Build It Stronger: A Sentence-Combining Strategy by Todd SundeenSection III. Strategic Revising: Attending to Organization and Cohesiveness14. Deconstruct Then Reconstruct a First Draft by Cynthia A. Lassonde15. Portal Writing: A Strategy to Help Writers Rethink Their Writing by S. Rebecca Leigh16. Conferring with an Avatar by Chase Young, Lynda Swanner17. Writing Aloud: A Sound-Savvy Approach to Writing by Sandra K. Athans18. A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: Revising With Photographs by Noreen S. MooreSection IV. Strategic Editing: The Finishing Touch19. Revising and Editing Through Primary Sources by Nancy Williams, Kathleen Muir20. Code Switching, an Editing Strategy by Rebecca Wheeler21. The Imagine, Describe, Resolve, and Confrim (IDRC) Strategy by Lindsay Sheronick Yearta, Katie Stover, Lynne Newton, Karen Wood22. Probable Passages: Using Story Structure to Write and Revise a Predictive Passage by Katie Stover, Jean Vintinner, Crystal Glover, Karen WoodReferencesIndexAbout the AuthorsAbout the Contributors

Janet C. Richards is a Professor of Literacy and Research at the University of South Florida, Tampa, where she teaches graduate courses in qualitative and transdisciplinary research, academic writing, literacy, and multicultural literature. She publishes extensively and was selected as a Lansdowne Visiting Scholar, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She also served as an International Reading Association Volunteer Literacy Scholar in emerging Eastern European and Central Asian nations, and is the Senior Editor of the Journal of Reading Education.

“Teachers often worry about how to teach writing to students at different levels, especially to students who seem to struggle as writers. With those teachers in mind, this book provides tips about how to tailor instruction.”

• Foreword by Jane HansenIntroduction: Meeting Your Students’ Needs With Specific Writing Strategies by Janet C. Richards, Cynthia A. LassondeSection I. Strategic Inventing: Contemplating Ideas1. Color-Coding Sources by Cynthia A. Lassonde2. Developing Students’ Awareness of Their Strengths as Writers with an I-Can! Chart by Joanne Durham3. Using a Blueprint Graphic Organizer to Build a Story by Jennifer A. Fontenot4. Using Genre Charts to Guide Planning and Writing by Gabe Horn, Susan D. Martin5. Reciprocal Text Structure Mapping for Expository Writing by Joyce C. Fine6. Thanks for the Memories! Using a Sensory-Details Chart to Prepare to Write by Sandra Gandy, Mariah Kraus7. Organizing an Expository Essay: Using Big Idea Checklists to Support Writers by Allison Stone, Joyce C. FineSection II. Strategic Drafting: Putting Ideas on Paper8. Quilting Together an Expository Paper in Four Steps by Cynthia A. Lassonde9. Team Writing to Foster Students’ Motivation to Write: Moving From Group Work to Independence by Janet C. Richards10. Use Your Words: Learning to Paraphrase by Janet C. Richards11. Creating Rounded Characters through Cartoon Connections by Krishna Seunarinesingh12. Applying the Structure Strategy to Write Persuasive Texts by Bonnie J. F. Meyer, Jennifer Ireland, Melissa Ray13. Buddies Build It Stronger: A Sentence-Combining Strategy by Todd SundeenSection III. Strategic Revising: Attending to Organization and Cohesiveness14. Deconstruct Then Reconstruct a First Draft by Cynthia A. Lassonde15. Portal Writing: A Strategy to Help Writers Rethink Their Writing by S. Rebecca Leigh16. Conferring with an Avatar by Chase Young, Lynda Swanner17. Writing Aloud: A Sound-Savvy Approach to Writing by Sandra K. Athans18. A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: Revising With Photographs by Noreen S. MooreSection IV. Strategic Editing: The Finishing Touch19. Revising and Editing Through Primary Sources by Nancy Williams, Kathleen Muir20. Code Switching, an Editing Strategy by Rebecca Wheeler21. The Imagine, Describe, Resolve, and Confrim (IDRC) Strategy by Lindsay Sheronick Yearta, Katie Stover, Lynne Newton, Karen Wood22. Probable Passages: Using Story Structure to Write and Revise a Predictive Passage by Katie Stover, Jean Vintinner, Crystal Glover, Karen WoodReferencesIndexAbout the AuthorsAbout the Contributors

Janet C. Richards is a Professor of Literacy and Research at the University of South Florida, Tampa, where she teaches graduate courses in qualitative and transdisciplinary research, academic writing, literacy, and multicultural literature. She publishes extensively and was selected as a Lansdowne Visiting Scholar, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She also served as an International Reading Association Volunteer Literacy Scholar in emerging Eastern European and Central Asian nations, and is the Senior Editor of the Journal of Reading Education.

“Teachers often worry about how to teach writing to students at different levels, especially to students who seem to struggle as writers. With those teachers in mind, this book provides tips about how to tailor instruction.”

• Foreword by Jane HansenIntroduction: Meeting Your Students’ Needs With Specific Writing Strategies by Janet C. Richards, Cynthia A. LassondeSection I. Strategic Inventing: Contemplating Ideas1. Color-Coding Sources by Cynthia A. Lassonde2. Developing Students’ Awareness of Their Strengths as Writers with an I-Can! Chart by Joanne Durham3. Using a Blueprint Graphic Organizer to Build a Story by Jennifer A. Fontenot4. Using Genre Charts to Guide Planning and Writing by Gabe Horn, Susan D. Martin5. Reciprocal Text Structure Mapping for Expository Writing by Joyce C. Fine6. Thanks for the Memories! Using a Sensory-Details Chart to Prepare to Write by Sandra Gandy, Mariah Kraus7. Organizing an Expository Essay: Using Big Idea Checklists to Support Writers by Allison Stone, Joyce C. FineSection II. Strategic Drafting: Putting Ideas on Paper8. Quilting Together an Expository Paper in Four Steps by Cynthia A. Lassonde9. Team Writing to Foster Students’ Motivation to Write: Moving From Group Work to Independence by Janet C. Richards10. Use Your Words: Learning to Paraphrase by Janet C. Richards11. Creating Rounded Characters through Cartoon Connections by Krishna Seunarinesingh12. Applying the Structure Strategy to Write Persuasive Texts by Bonnie J. F. Meyer, Jennifer Ireland, Melissa Ray13. Buddies Build It Stronger: A Sentence-Combining Strategy by Todd SundeenSection III. Strategic Revising: Attending to Organization and Cohesiveness14. Deconstruct Then Reconstruct a First Draft by Cynthia A. Lassonde15. Portal Writing: A Strategy to Help Writers Rethink Their Writing by S. Rebecca Leigh16. Conferring with an Avatar by Chase Young, Lynda Swanner17. Writing Aloud: A Sound-Savvy Approach to Writing by Sandra K. Athans18. A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: Revising With Photographs by Noreen S. MooreSection IV. Strategic Editing: The Finishing Touch19. Revising and Editing Through Primary Sources by Nancy Williams, Kathleen Muir20. Code Switching, an Editing Strategy by Rebecca Wheeler21. The Imagine, Describe, Resolve, and Confrim (IDRC) Strategy by Lindsay Sheronick Yearta, Katie Stover, Lynne Newton, Karen Wood22. Probable Passages: Using Story Structure to Write and Revise a Predictive Passage by Katie Stover, Jean Vintinner, Crystal Glover, Karen WoodReferencesIndexAbout the AuthorsAbout the Contributors