Getting to the Core of Writing
eBook - PDF

Getting to the Core of Writing

Essential Lessons for Every Sixth Grade Student

  1. 299 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Getting to the Core of Writing

Essential Lessons for Every Sixth Grade Student

About this book

Inspire students to develop as writers in the sixth grade classroom with these engaging and creative writing lessons. This classroom-tested resource shows positive results in students'' writing and simplifies the planning of writing instruction. It contains detailed information on how to establish and manage daily Writer''s Workshop and includes consistent, structured instruction to encourage students to actively participate in the writing process. Specific lessons to help students develop the traits of quality writing are also included. This resource develops college and career readiness skills and is aligned to today''s standards.

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Information

Publisher
Shell Education
Year
2012
eBook ISBN
9781425895075
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Credits
  3. Page 3 - Table of Contents
  4. Page 4 - Table of Contents
  5. Page 5 - Introduction
  6. Page 5 - The Importance of Writing
  7. Page 6 - Traits of Quality Writing
  8. Page 7 - The Reading and Writing Connection
  9. Page 10 - The Purpose of Assessment
  10. Page 11 - How to Use This Book
  11. Page 11 - Planning Writing Instruction
  12. Page 14 - Components of Writer’s Workshop
  13. Page 15 - Implementing the Lessons
  14. Page 18 - Implementing Writer’s Workshop
  15. Page 19 - The Writing Conference
  16. Page 21 - The Writer’s Notebook
  17. Page 23 - Top 10 Tips for Creating Successful Writers
  18. Page 24 - Correlation to Standards
  19. Page 31 - Acknowledgments
  20. Page 32 - About the Authors
  21. Page 33 - Managing Writer’s Workshop
  22. Page 35 - Lesson 1: Components of Writer’s Workshop
  23. Page 38 - Lesson 2: Our Group Meeting
  24. Page 41 - Lesson 3: The Writing Folder
  25. Page 50 - Lesson 4: The Writer’s Notebook
  26. Page 52 - Lesson 5: Organizing the Writer’s Notebook
  27. Page 58 - Lesson 6: Sharing
  28. Page 62 - Lesson 7: Turn and Talk
  29. Page 65 - Lesson 8: Guidelines for Writer’sWorkshop
  30. Page 68 - Lesson 9: Teacher and PeerConferences
  31. Page 71 - Lesson 10: The Five-Step Writing Process
  32. Page 75 - Ideas
  33. Page 77 - Lesson 1: My Top Ten Ideas
  34. Page 80 - Lesson 2: Stinky Tennis Shoes Trip
  35. Page 83 - Lesson 3: Idea Cache
  36. Page 86 - Lesson 4: Ideas from A to Z
  37. Page 89 - Lesson 5: I Saw It in a Book
  38. Page 92 - Lesson 6: My Declarations
  39. Page 95 - Lesson 7: It’s My Choice
  40. Page 98 - Lesson 8: I Question, Question,Question
  41. Page 101 - Sentence Fluency
  42. Page 103 - Lesson 1: Playing with SentencePatterns
  43. Page 107 - Lesson 2: Double Trouble withCompound Elements
  44. Page 110 - Lesson 3: The Long and Short of It
  45. Page 113 - Lesson 4: Sentence Stretch and Scramble
  46. Page 116 - Lesson 5: SOS! Semicolons Offer Styel
  47. Page 119 - Lesson 6: Adding Details
  48. Page 122 - Lesson 7: Let’s Make It Clear!
  49. Page 125 - Organization
  50. Page 127 - Lesson 1: Playing with Poetry
  51. Page 130 - Lesson 2: The Stacker Paragraph
  52. Page 134 - Lesson 3: Prewriting with the Knuckle Planner
  53. Page 137 - Lesson 4: Drafting with the Knuckle Planner
  54. Page 140 - Lesson 5: Reeling In and Wrapping Up
  55. Page 143 - Lesson 6: It’s Newsworthy
  56. Page 147 - Lesson 7: It’s All About Me!
  57. Page 150 - Lesson 8: Organizing Thinking for Expository Writing
  58. Page 153 - Lesson 9: Researching from A to D
  59. Page 157 - Lesson 10: A Poetry Collage
  60. Page 167 - Word Choice
  61. Page 169 - Lesson 1: Simple to Sophisticated Synonyms
  62. Page 174 - Lesson 2: Using Your Senses to Show, Don’t Tell
  63. Page 177 - Lesson 3: Shifting Ideas withTransition Signals
  64. Page 182 - Lesson 4: Building Vocabulary Webs
  65. Page 185 - Lesson 5: Just a Figure of Speech
  66. Page 190 - Lesson 6: The Power of Connotation
  67. Page 195 - Lesson 7: Exploring Etymology
  68. Page 199 - Voice
  69. Page 201 - Lesson 1: I Know How You Feel
  70. Page 204 - Lesson 2: Voice Reflections
  71. Page 207 - Lesson 3: The Voice of R.A.F.T
  72. Page 210 - Lesson 4: If I Were A…
  73. Page 213 - Lesson 5: A Writer’s Toolbox for Voice
  74. Page 217 - Conventions
  75. Page 219 - Lesson 1: Commonly Misspelled Words
  76. Page 224 - Lesson 2: Punctuation Partners
  77. Page 227 - Lesson 3: The Sensational Six
  78. Page 231 - Lesson 4: Boot Camp Caps Chant
  79. Page 234 - Lesson 5: Presenting SOP Pronouns
  80. Page 237 - Lesson 6: The CUPS Challenge
  81. Page 241 - Lesson 7: What’s the Difference?
  82. Page 244 - Lesson 8: Time to Edit!
  83. Page 248 - Appendix A: Conferring Resources
  84. Page 256 - Appendix B: Assessment Resources
  85. Page 268 - Appendix C: Mentor Text List
  86. Page 280 - Appendix D: Additional Resources
  87. Page 285 - Appendix E: References
  88. Page 288 - Appendix F: Contents of the Teacher Resource CD
  89. Thank You Page