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10 produkter
10 produkter
325 kr
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6+1 Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide for the Primary Grades; Theory and Practice
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
325 kr
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Using Picture Books to Teach Writing with the Traits: K-2: An Annotated Bibliography of More Than 150 Mentor Texts with Teacher-Tested Lessons
Häftad, Engelska, 2008
235 kr
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Getting Started with the Traits, Grades 3-5: Writing Lessons, Activities, Scoring Guides, and More for Successfully Launching Trait-Based Instruction
Häftad, Engelska, 2009
243 kr
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243 kr
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Using Benchmark Papers to Teach Writing with the Traits: Middle School: Grades 6-8 [With CDROM]
Häftad, Engelska, 2010
259 kr
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235 kr
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479 kr
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There is power that resides in outstanding culturally diverse literature'sa power that has the potential to engage students in reading and teach them about the art and craft of writing. In Dream Wakers: Mentor Texts That Celebrate Latino Culture, Ruth Culham focuses her love of children's literature'sand her decades of work developing the traits of writing'son books that celebrate Latino life and culture. She provides a wide variety of ideas to teach writing using some of the richest and most beautiful children's books available.Dream Wakers gives you:An annotated list of more than 120 books with do-it-today lesson ideas for teaching the traits of writing'sIdeas, Organization, Voice, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Conventions. More than half of the books listed are bilingual or offer English and/or Spanish editions.Eleven original, insightful essays by renowned children's authors of some of the featured booksA handy reference chart that helps teachers locate books quickly by trait, genre, language, and author/publisher information.Ruth encourages all of us to make sure students of all backgrounds have access to high-quality, culturally diverse texts and recognize the difference those texts will make in their reading lives, as well as in their perception of themselves as a thinkers, learners, and citizens.
Teach Writing Well
How to Assess Writing, Invigorate Instruction, and Rethink Revision
Häftad, Engelska, 2018
464 kr
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Ask great writers what the key to writing well is and they will tell you revision. Author Ruth Culham, both a successful writer and writing teacher, understands the challenges elementary teachers face when teaching writing and revision and now shares her knowledge in Teach Writing Well: How to Assess Writing, Invigorate Instruction, and Rethink Revision. Divided into two parts, Culham’s book provides ways to teach that are both accessible to the teacher and student. You will find techniques to assess writing that are practical, and results driven.Inside you’ll discover:Culham’s traits of writing and how to use them to read and assess student workWays to guide revision decisions using these traits as common languageHow to address challenges students may face within the different modes of writing (narrative, expository, and persuasive)Strategic lessons to teach the writer that scaffold students towards making their own craft decisionsA chapter on mentor texts which can be used to model traits and key qualities for your studentsTeach Writing Well pulls best practices together and shows writing with fresh eyes.
479 kr
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'Mediocre writers borrow. Great writers steal.'--T.S. EliotWriting thieves read widely, dive deeply into texts, and steal bits and pieces from great texts as models for their own writing. Author Ruth Culham admits to being a writing thief - and she wants you and your students to become writing thieves, too!In The Writing Thief: Using Mentor Texts to Teach the Craft of Writing, 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.Chapters also include brief essays from beloved writing thieves such as Lester Laminack, David L. Harrison, Lisa Yee, Nicola Davies, Ralph Fletcher, Toni Buzzeo, Lola Schaefer, and Kate Messner, detailing the reading that has influenced their own writing.Culham's renowned easy-going style and friendly tone make this a book you'll turn to again and again as you coach your students to reach their full potential as deep, thoughtful readers and great writers. There's a writing thief in each of us when we learn how to read with a writer's eye!