The Resourceful Writing Teacher
A Handbook of Essential Skills and Strategies
Jenny Mechem Bender, Teachers College
ISBN 978-0-325-00947-6 / 0-325-00947-3 / 2007 / 272pp / Paperback
Imprint: Heinemann
Availability: In Stock
Grade Level: 3-8
*Price and availability subject to change without notice.
This book will be a cherished teaching companion for every teacher lucky enough to hold it. —Lucy Calkins The Resourceful Writing Teacher answers the need for a handbook on not only how to teach writing well but also what skills students need and a repertoire of strategies they can use to acquire them. Drawing on her own practice as well as the work of seminal influences, Jenny Mechem Bender presents a hands-on reference for maximizing every minute of writing instruction you have. You’ll refer to The Resourceful Writing Teacher time and again. Its teaching and learning strategies are understandable, accessible, and ready to implement. Bender establishes the specific teaching practices that help writers in grades 3–8 develop, giving you precise suggestions for minilessons, conferences, small-group strategy lessons, and shares. Working through essential teaching points for writing narratives, writing non-narrative pieces, and using conventions, The Resourceful Writing Teacher forms an instructional blueprint that addresses the crucial skills writers need. Bender’s ideas help students develop multiple strategies for internalizing skills such as: With detailed instructional practices and a menu of essential skills and strategies to teach, The Resourceful Writing Teacher is the one-stop guide that streamlines instruction and gives students what they need for success in writing.
I. Teaching Structures and Their Components 1. Minilessons, Conferences, Strategy Lessons, and Teaching Shares II. Skills and Strategies for Writing Narrative Introduction: Teaching Narrative Writing 2. Finding Narrative Topics That Matter 3. Creating a Focus 4. Showing Not Telling About Characters 5. Revealing the Setting 6. Developing Tension 7. Crafting Leads 8. Crafting Endings III. Skills and Strategies for Writing Nonnarrative Introduction: Teaching Nonnarrative Writing 9. Finding Nonnarrative Topics That Matter 10. Developing Ideas 11. Creating Categories Inside of Topics 12. Gathering Information 13. Crafting Introductions 14. Crafting Conclusions IV. Skills and Strategies for Using Appropriate Conventions Introduction: Conventions 15. Using Periods 16. Using Correct Spelling 17. Punctuating Dialogue 18. Using Paragraphs 19. Editing
No PD Resources available from Jenny Mechem Bender.
Buyers of this Product Also Liked:
