Writing Like Writers: Guiding Elementary Children Through a Writer's Workshop (Paperback)

Acknowledgments Introduction 1: Beginnings Preparing Materials for a Writing Classroom Connecting Writing Instruction to Writing Standards The Home/School Partnership 2: Living the Writer’s Workshop The Structure of Writer’s Workshop Scaffolding Writing Teaching and Learning Strategies Used in Writer’s Workshop Accountability in Writer’s Workshop 3: Exploring The Writing Process Prewriting Drafting Conferring Revising Editing Publishing 4: Teaching Effective Writing Strategies Read Like a Writer Show, Don’t Tell Use the Five Senses Zoom! 5: Teaching the Elements of Story Structure Characters Plot Point of View Setting Theme 6: Teaching the Craft of Writing Dialogue Endings Leads Precise Words Repeated Words Sound Words Titles Transitions Visual Imagery Voice 7: Assessing Writing What Is Assessment? What and How Do We Assess Writing? Product Assessment?The Way Students Write Product Assessment?The Text Students Write Writing Fluency?Ease and Speed in Which Students Write 8: Teaching Children To Write: A Conceptual Framework for Instructional Decision Making by Paul de Mesquita Afterword: Celebrate! Glossary Bibliography Children’s Literature Teacher’s Resources Favorite Web Sites