Getting to the Core of Writing
eBook - PDF

Getting to the Core of Writing

Essential Lessons for Every Fifth Grade Student

  1. 291 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Getting to the Core of Writing

Essential Lessons for Every Fifth Grade Student

About this book

Inspire students to develop as writers in the fifth 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
9781425895068
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 Writerā€™s Workshop
  13. Page 15 - Implementing the Lessons
  14. Page 18 - Implementing Writerā€™s Workshop
  15. Page 19 - The Writing Conference
  16. Page 21 - The Writerā€™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 Writerā€™s Workshop
  22. Page 35 - Lesson 1: Components of Writerā€™s Workshop
  23. Page 38 - Lesson 2: Our Group Meeting
  24. Page 41 - Lesson 3: The Writing Folder
  25. Page 50 - Lesson 4: The Writerā€™s Notebook
  26. Page 52 - Lesson 5: Organizing the Writerā€™s Notebook
  27. Page 58 - Lesson 6: Sharing
  28. Page 62 - Lesson 7: Turn and Talk
  29. Page 65 - Lesson 8: Guidelines for Writerā€™s Workshop
  30. Page 68 - Lesson 9: Teacher and Peer Conferences
  31. Page 71 - Lesson 10: The Five-Step Writing Process
  32. Page 75 - Ideas
  33. Page 77 - Lesson 1: Things All Around Us
  34. Page 81 - Lesson 2: Exploring an Authorā€™s Craft
  35. Page 84 - Lesson 3: My Treasure List
  36. Page 87 - Lesson 4: Interesting People and Characters
  37. Page 90 - Lesson 5: The Way I See It
  38. Page 93 - Lesson 6: Write It
  39. Page 96 - Lesson 7: I Can
  40. Page 99 - Sentence Fluency
  41. Page 101 - Lesson 1: Top Ten and Above
  42. Page 104 - Lesson 2: A Sentence Expedition
  43. Page 107 - Lesson 3: Pumping Up Sentences
  44. Page 110 - Lesson 4: Sentence Switcharoo
  45. Page 113 - Lesson 5: Sentence Inventors
  46. Page 119 - Lesson 6: It Is Not All That Complex
  47. Page 122 - Lesson 7: High Five Sentences
  48. Page 129 - Organization
  49. Page 131 - Lesson 1: Creating a Bio Poem
  50. Page 134 - Lesson 2: A Whopping Paragraph
  51. Page 137 - Lesson 3: The Story Coaster
  52. Page 140 - Lesson 4: Plot It! Sketch It! Write It!
  53. Page 143 - Lesson 5: Hooks from Books
  54. Page 146 - Lesson 6: Taking a Stand
  55. Page 153 - Lesson 7: Taking a Stand Part 2
  56. Page 157 - Lesson 8: Letters to Request,Thank, and Invite
  57. Page 161 - Lesson 9: Precise Procedures
  58. Page 164 - Lesson 10: Researching from A to D
  59. Page 168 - Lesson 11: Haiku-Myku!
  60. Page 171 - Word Choice
  61. Page 173 - Lesson 1: Go Figure!
  62. Page 178 - Lesson 2: Sounds Abound
  63. Page 181 - Lesson 3: Writing Road Signs
  64. Page 184 - Lesson 4: Itā€™s the Way Itā€™s Said!
  65. Page 187 - Lesson 5: Splendid Synonyms and Amazing Antonyms
  66. Page 190 - Lesson 6: Focusing on the Five Senses
  67. Page 193 - Lesson 7: Be Explicit and Notice Nouns
  68. Page 197 - Lesson 8: Acting on Adverbs
  69. Page 205 - Voice
  70. Page 207 - Lesson 1: Writing with PEP!
  71. Page 210 - Lesson 2: Whatā€™s My Voice?
  72. Page 213 - Lesson 3: A Purposeful Voice
  73. Page 216 - Lesson 4: The Color of My Voice
  74. Page 219 - Conventions
  75. Page 221 - Lesson 1: Simple to Complex Capitals
  76. Page 224 - Lesson 2: The Super Six
  77. Page 227 - Lesson 3: Commas: A Cause for a Pause
  78. Page 230 - Lesson 4: Editing with A+ PLUS
  79. Page 234 - Lesson 5: Playing with Punctuation
  80. Page 237 - Lesson 6: Reviserā€™s Checklist
  81. Page 240 - Lesson 7: Tune into Editing
  82. Page 243 - Appendix A: Conferring Resources
  83. Page 251 - Appendix B: Assessment Resources
  84. Page 263 - Appendix C: Mentor Text List
  85. Page 275 - Appendix D: Additional Resources
  86. Page 280 - Appendix E: References
  87. Page 284 - Appendix F: Contents of the Teacher Resource CD
  88. Thank You Page