商品簡介
Richards (childhood education and literacy studies, U. of South Florida) and Lassonde (elementary education and reading, State U. of New York College at Oneonta) collect 22 mini-lessons from teachers, language arts specialists, and teacher educators from the US for teachers of grades four through eight, writing coaches, language arts specialists, support personnel, and teacher education students to use to improve the writing of students at various levels of achievement, especially struggling students. They emphasize modeling and teaching research-based strategies that foster students' self-regulated, independent writing and are connected to the English Language Arts Common Core Standards. They explain the basics of differentiating writing instruction, theory that supports writing strategy instruction, and ways to tailor teaching to writers who struggle, English language learners, gifted writers, and students who need a quick review of a specific feature of writing. Strategies follow, which are organized by those that teach inventing and developing ideas, putting ideas on paper, revision, and editing. Each includes an explanation of the purpose, why it is important, a materials list, a classroom scenario, reproducibles, and suggestions for helping students practice the strategy, adapting it for diverse learners, extension, and further reading. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
