Ralph Fletcher, Joann Portalupi

Teaching the Qualitites of Writing, Grades 3-6

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Produktbeschreibung

"Our goal is to support and develop your professional skill as you make continual decisions about what and how to teach. It's our hope that TQW will make your classroom hum with writing!" JoAnn Portalupi and Ralph Fletcher Learn how to improve your students' writing and how JoAnn Portalupi and Ralph Fletcher introduce students to the qualities of writing--ideas, design, language, presentation--and the power of their own voice. Through a practical Teacher's Guide, thirteen launch lessons, and eleven online video clips, JoAnn and Ralph introduce you to the strategies students need to improve the quality of their writing and at the same time develops your ability to read and assess your students' writing. Through their concise Teacher's Guide JoAnn and Ralph introduce the four qualities of writing and describes the role of voice in effective writing; offer strategies for choosing lessons based on genre cycles or on student and teacher needs and interests; and provide a broad array of assessment and record-keeping forms. Thirteen select launch lessons introduce you and your students to writing and help create the sense of community necessary to nurture their growth. This launch cycle offers students a chance to begin working within each of the four qualities while stressing the more important goal of developing in them an eagerness to keep writing. By the end of this six-week cycle, your students will have a notion of how writers find topics and will have taken several of their own pieces to final form. If you've built in time for sharing, they will understand the value of giving and receiving response. They are now ready for new challenges--information and strategies that will help them improve the quality of their writing. Through eleven accompanying video clips, JoAnn and Ralph provide practical advice on how to organize and teach with TQW. Plus, an innovative electronic presentation allows you to listen in and observe the authors as the analyze eight student writing samples. (Video clips are free for 6 months upon registration. You must register within 6 months of purchase.)

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Heinemann Educational Books
• Seitenzahl: 16
• Altersempfehlung: 8 bis 11 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 268mm x 214mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 481g
• ISBN-13: 9780325037509
• ISBN-10: 0325037507
• Artikelnr.: 32301972

Autorenporträt

Ralph Fletcher has been a mentor to teachers and young writers everywhere. He has helped hundreds of thousands of teachers understand the importance of letting go and trusting their writers. Ralph's professional books are part of this tradition. His newest book, Focus Lessons, helps teachers use the natural links between writing and photography to enhance their instruction. Another recent title, Joy Write, explores the value of giving students time and autonomy for the playful, low-stakes writing that leads to surprising, high-level growth. Ralph frequently works with young writers in schools, and speaks at education conferences in the U.S. and abroad, helping teachers find wiser ways of teaching writing. Ralph is the beloved author of many bestselling teacher professional books and resources including: * Writing Workshop: The Essential Guide * What a Writer Needs, Second Edition * Mentor Author, Mentor Texts * Craft Lessons * Breathing In, Breathing Out * Teaching the Qualities of Writing * Lessons for the Writer's Notebook Students know Ralph as the award-winning author of more than 20 books for children and young adults, including Fig Pudding, Twilight Comes Twice, The Writer's Notebook, Marshfield Dreams: When I Was a Kid, and most recently Marshfield Memories: More Stories About Growing Up. Ralph Fletcher online ' Listen to a recent Heinemann podcast where Ralph talks about Joy Write (17:31). ' Read Ralph's latest thoughts at his blog: Living the Writing Life. ' Listen to an interview with Ralph on Education Talk Radio (38:29). ' Follow Ralph on Twitter @FletcherRalph.