essential firsthand qualities nonfiction

books:

Becoming One Community: Reading and Writing With English Language Learners
Kathleen Fay, Suzanne Whaley

Stenhouse Publishers, 2004

Nonfiction Craft Lessons: Teaching Information Writing K-8

6 reviews
Joann Portalupi, Ralph J. Fletcher

Stenhouse Publishers, 2001

A Great Way to Think about Nonfiction Writing in Classrooms
This book is a wonderful tool for writing teachers. Portalupi and Fletcher are very thoughtful in the way that the book is organized so that teachers can share with students lessons dealing with the craft of nonfiction. Since so many writing books deal primarily with narrative writing, this is one of the first I've seen to deal specifically with nonfiction and its craft. This book will change ...

Craft Lessons 2nd Edition

12 reviews
Ralph Fletcher and JoAnn Portalupi

Stenhouse Publishers, 2007

Model Mini-lessons for the writing workshop
I'm a relatively new teacher, and have switched grade levels every year. Teaching writing has been one of the biggest challenges for me. I believe in a writing workshop model, and use a lot of 6 Traits ideas. I knew that both relied on the idea of the writing "mini-lesson" but I really didn't know what those should look like or what kinds of topics they should cover. This book has been a ...

Teaching the Qualities of Writing: Firsthand (Teacher's Guide)
JoAnn Portalupi, Ralph Fletcher, 2004

Writing Workshop: The Essential Guide

13 reviews
Ralph Fletcher, JoAnn Portalupi

Heinemann, 2001

Excellent resource!
This book does exactly what it says. It breaks writing workshop down into its essential components and provides the reader with the basic formats of writing worshop. It doesn't give you all of the answers, but at the end of each chapter it provides points for "making it work in the classroom" and an entire chapter on troubleshooting potential problems. If you want to implement writing workshop ...