Craft Moves

In Craft Moves: Lesson Sets for Teaching Writing with Mentor Texts, Stacey Shubitz, co-founder of the Two Writing Teachers website, uses twenty recently published picture books to create more than 180 lessons to teach various craft moves that will help your students become better writers.

Klappentext How do you choose mentor texts for your students? How do you mine them for the craft lessons you want your students to learn? In Craft Moves! Stacey Shubitz! cofounder of the Two Writing Teachers website! does the heavy lifting for you: using twenty recently published picture books! she creates more than 180 lessons to teach various craft moves that will help your students become better writers. Zusammenfassung In Craft Moves: Lesson Sets for Teaching Writing with Mentor Texts, Stacey Shubitz, co-founder of the Two Writing Teachers website, uses twenty recently published picture books to create more than 180 lessons to teach various craft moves that will help your students become better writers.

Autorentext
Stacey Shubitz is an author, an independent literacy consultant, and an adjunct professor. A graduate of The Literacy Specialist Program at Teachers College, she has experience teaching fourth and fifth grades. She is also the Chief of Operations and Lead Writer for Two Writing Teachers, a popular blog about the teaching of writing. Visit the blog at twowritingteachers.wordpress.com and follow Stacey on Twitter: @sshubitz #CraftMoves

Zusammenfassung
In Craft Moves: Lesson Sets for Teaching Writing with Mentor Texts, Stacey Shubitz, co-founder of the Two Writing Teachers website, uses twenty recently published picture books to create more than 180 lessons to teach various craft moves that will help your students become better writers.

Inhalt
Introduction; Chapter 1: Choosing Picture Books for Mentor Texts; Chapter 2: Reading Picture Books for Pleasure and Purpose; Chapter 3: Establishing Routines and Procedures for Writing with Mentor Texts; Chapter 4: Small-Group Strategy Lessons: Talking with Students About Their Writing; Chapter 5: Fiction Lesson Sets: Ten Texts, Thousands of Possibilities; Chapter 6: Nonfiction Lesson Sets: Moving from Narrative to Informational Writing