About the authors : writing workshop with our youngest writers /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ray, Katie Wood, 1964-
Other Authors: Cleaveland, Lisa B.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, [2004]
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Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Writing workshop : a happy place where we make stuff
  • Work, space, and time : writing workshop right from the start
  • Wrapping strong arms around the writing workshop : children learning about language all day long
  • How our youngest writers use the writing process to help them make books
  • Looking closely at minilessons : whole-class teaching that fills the workshop with possibilities
  • Organizing for thoughtful instruction with units of study
  • Assessment : learning all we can about the authors
  • Teaching into and out of the work of individual children : writing conferences and share times
  • The kinds of things writers make and how we'll make them in this room
  • Where writers get ideas
  • How to read like writers
  • Finding writing mentors
  • How to structure texts in interesting ways
  • How to make illustrations work better with written text
  • How to have better peer conferences
  • - Literary nonfiction
  • How to use punctuation in interesting ways
  • Poetry
  • Revision.