Recently, Stacey and I were chatting via email about why the teaching of conclusions isn't presented as a separate minilesson in Bringing History to Life, the information writing unit in the 4th grade Units of Study in Opinion/Argument, Information, and Narrative Writing by Lucy Calkins and colleagues. Rather, conclusions are reviewed in a Teaching Share at the… Continue reading Concluding Information Writing and Tailoring Instruction
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A short list of the texts my students went for to help them revise the endings of their stories today…
One of our readers, Kelly, asked me to share the list of texts my students went for when looking for mentor texts to help them revise the endings of their short fiction pieces today. Here's the list of texts they used: Fly Away, Home by Eve Bunting "Josie's First Allowance Day" by Rosie Perez Knuffle… Continue reading A short list of the texts my students went for to help them revise the endings of their stories today…
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Endings
Good thing tomorrow's minilesson in writing focuses on using touchstone texts to improve the ending of a story. I just finished the ending of my short fiction piece for this unit of study. Quite frankly, I think it's awful! Want to give me some feedback before I show this to my class? (I would LOVE… Continue reading Endings
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Revision Toolbox
If there's any book I've turned to over and over again that sits on my bookshelf and DOESN'T collect dust, it's Georgia Heard's The Revision Toolbox: Teaching Techniques That Work, which was published by Heinemann before I even started teaching. I've used it for the past four years to help lift the level of my… Continue reading Revision Toolbox
