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Strategic Writing Conferences

Carl Anderson

Pub Date: 11/13/2008
 Product Type: PREPACK
Grade: 3rd - 6th

  Although conferences appear to be informal conversations, they are in fact highly principled teaching interactions designed to move writers along learning pathways. Used strategically, conferences can be powerful interventions that address individual writing needs. Carl Anderson’s Strategic Writing Conferences is a... more

50 Essential Lessons

Jim Burke

Pub Date: 11/20/2006
 Product Type: PREPACK
Grade: 9th - 12th

50 Essential Lessons is the result of the lessons Jim Burke learned while asking himself how to teach his students the skills they needed to succeed in school and in the larger world. Anchored in standards shared by a range of national literacy documents, these lessons focus on the core cognitive and personal skills—reading,... more

Lessons for the Writer's Notebook

Ralph Fletcher , Joann Portalupi

Pub Date: 11/14/2005
 Product Type: Paperback + Lesson Cards + audio CD
Grade: 3rd - 6th

Writer's notebooks can be powerful assets for any writing teacher. They provide a high-comfort, "hot-house" environment where students' writing can flourish. Lessons for the Writer's Notebook by Ralph Fletcher and JoAnn Portalupi provides a series of proven lessons that will help you introduce the writer's notebook into your classroom,... more

Teaching the Qualities of Writing

Ralph Fletcher , Joann Portalupi

Pub Date: 5/10/2004
Product Type: PREPACK
Grade: 3rd - 6th

A Teaching Resource that gives voice to the four essential qualities of writing. Teaching the Qualities of Writing (TQW) is a ready-to-use writing curriculum that provides you with the instruction students need to improve the quality of their writing and at the same time develops your ability to read and assess your students’... more

The Revision Toolbox

Georgia Heard

Pub Date: 10/8/2002
Product Type: Paperback
Grade: K - 8th

"How can I get my students to revise their writing?" If this is one of your most frequently asked questions, then this is the book for you—a guide to specific strategies you can teach to enable your students to re-see and re-shape their writing on multiple levels, from word choice to organization. Longtime writer... more

Lessons in Revision with Barry Lane

Barry Lane

Pub Date: 8/10/1999
Product Type: VIDEO
Grade: 2nd - 10th

Barry Lane's ideas about revision have given new life to reading/writing classrooms across the country. In this entertaining video workshop produced by Kentucky Educational TV, Lane demonstrates dynamic ways to teach the power of detail to your students, without coercing them to pad their writing with adjectives or unnecessary words.... more

After "The End"

Barry Lane

Pub Date: 12/7/1992
Product Type: Paperback
Grade: 2nd - 10th

Let this witty book revise your concept of revision, and find out how much fun can be had "after THE END."...This is a book that will make you laugh out loud, nod your head in agreement, and take on the energy the author puts into every chapter.—Writing TeacherAt a time when the writing process is sometimes viewed... more