Get Focused (Digital Resource)

Want Ralph Fletcher to teach your next writing lesson?

Having trouble finding the time to plan engaging new writing minilessons? Check out Get Focused, a digital writing resource unlike anything you’ve ever seen. Cue up one of 23 on-demand video lessons and watch Ralph Fletcher teach a minilesson about the craft of writing. Then download the accompanying PDF to help your students start putting the lesson into practice in their writing.

**Important Note** Get Focused is a digital-only resource. There are no physical materials that come with it.

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ISBN 978-0-325-13524-3 / 0-325-13524-X / SKU E13524
2022 / Online Resources
Grade Level: 3rd-8th

Topic: Writing

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Your next writing lesson? It's already planned!

Teachers: having trouble finding the time to plan engaging new writing minilessons? Check out Get Focused, a digital writing resource unlike anything you’ve ever seen.

On-demand video lessons from Ralph Fletcher

Cue up one of 23 on-demand video lessons and watch Ralph Fletcher teach a minilesson about the craft of writing. Then download the accompanying PDF to help your students start putting the lesson into practice in their writing.

The student-friendly videos and PDFs are a perfect supplement to your planning and instruction. Ralph’s done all the work to get you started! He teaches minilessons on topics such as:

Keeping a Writer’s Notebook
Bringing your setting to life
Taking time to revise
Exploding a moment
Learning from strong models

Each digital lesson is ready for you to use in your classroom tomorrow!

**Important Note** Get Focused is a digital-only resource. After purchase, you will receive an email with directions for accessing the on-demand video lessons and accompanying PDFs. There are no physical materials that come with Get Focused.

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Introduction Video

PART ONE: ZOOM IN

Video Lesson 1: Purposes for Writing
Video Lesson 2: Writing Habits: Keeping a Writer’s Notebook
Video Lesson 3: Writing for Fun
Video Lesson 4: Get Ready

PART TWO: TAKE YOUR SHOT

Video Lesson 5: Let a Photo Kickstart Your Imagination
Video Lesson 6: Create Mood
Video Lesson 7: Include a “Plus One” Details
Video Lesson 8: Incorporate Tension
Video Lesson 9: Use Stop-Action to Freeze a Moment
Video Lesson 10: Frame the Story
Video Lesson 11: Include Emotions
Video Lesson 12: Bring Alive the Setting
Video Lesson 13: Claim Your Writing Territory
Video Lesson 14: Pull in the Reader
Video Lesson 15: Take Time to Re-Vision
Video Lesson 16: Explode a Moment
Video Lesson 17: Incorporate Surprise
Video Lesson 18: Include Conflict
Video Lesson 19: Include Humor

PART THREE: ZOOM OUT

Video Lesson 20: Go Public with Your Work
Video Lesson 21: Get Responses to Your Writing
Video Lesson 22: Learn from Strong Models
Video Lesson 23: Feed the Writer Inside You

**Note: Each video lesson in Get Focused is accompanied by a PDF that summarizes the lesson's big ideas and helps your students start putting them into practice.