Writing Strategies for Talent Development: From Struggling to Gifted Learners, Grades 3-8

ISBN-13: 9780367544225 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 224 str.

Jennifer Gottschalk

Opis

This guide helps educators incorporate effective and engaging writing strategies into their classroom that are designed to reach struggling and gifted students alike. Covering genres from fantasy, crime, and humor, to horror, non-fiction, and even romance, this book provides the tools to support every writer in the room. 

Spis treści

Section I: The Means to Write  1. Writer’s Tools  2. Writing Community  Section II: The Motivation to Write - Write What You Want to Read  3. Fantasy, Crime, and Science Fiction  4. Humor, Horror, and Romance  5. Sports, Historical, and Realistic Contemporary  6. Fan Fiction: The Super Sneaky and Extra Fun Way to Prepare for Narrative Assessment Tasks  7. Based on a True Story: Narrative Nonfiction  8. Use the Narrative Toolbox to Win Arguments  9. Write What You Want to Learn: Interest-Based Technical Writing  Section III: The Opportunity to Write  10. Writing Minutes Versus School Schedules  11. Revision, Sharing, and Publishing  12. Identifying Gifted Writers 

O autorze

Jennifer Gottschalk writes, talks about writing, and thinks about writing every day. Over the past 20 years in education, Jennifer has worked with students in Grades 2–12. During the school year she can be found co-planning, co-teaching, or demo teaching writing lessons in classrooms across the Denver metro area.