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Description

How can you enhance the quality and effectiveness of instruction in both the content areas and in writing? By integrating content in both social studies and science with the strategies of writing that are so important for students to master as they craft nonfiction. This book shows teachers how to use mentor texts in an integrative approach for teaching both content and informational writing. As you explore the pages of this book, you’ll find strategies for teaching writing craft fundamentals with step-by-step instructions that make writing instruction come alive in content-area classes. Models make the instructional strategies clear. The book also includes a variety of expository techniques and advice on preparing writers for success on performance-based tests.

Features:

• Lessons linked to specific mentor texts
• Student samples that show writing strategies —in action?
• Teaching models
• Links to assessment and to the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts

Ideal For:

• Integrating science and social studies content with writing
• Understanding how to use mentor texts as writing model
• Helping students in grades K–5 hone writing craft

Grades:

K-5

Author(s):

Marcia Freeman

Publisher:

Maupin House

Year:

2014

Pages:

160 pp

Media/Binding:

Softcover

iSBN:

9781625215123