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In an attractive, easy-reference package, this resource contains these components: A Guide to the Writing Workshop, Grades 3-5- This overview volume equips you to teach a productive, well-managed writing workshop, introduces you to the methods that underlie writing instruction, and helps you to plan a year-long writing curriculum. Resources for Teaching Writing, Grades 3-5- This CD-ROM supports your writing program with samples of student writing, video clips of the authors teaching, and a range of printable reproducibles organized unit-by-unit. 6 Units of Study - Each unit of study lays out 4 to 6 weeks of instruction. Together, the units provide the teaching points, minilessons, strategies and tools you'll need to jump in and teach writing to your students with increasing power and skill. Presented sequentially, these units help you lead students along a gradient of increasing sophistication in narrative and expository writing. Launching the Writing Workshop -This unit jumpstarts your year by reviewing and teaching the essentials of writing - collecting, drafting, revising, editing and publishing. In addition to introducing pratical strategies for finding topics and generating writing, this unit also helps you foster a community of writers in your classroom and teach students how to work with partners constructively. Rasing the Quality of Narrative Writing -In this unit students learn how to use emblematic details, images, dialogue, and carefully-chosen words to make a small moment into a compelling story. While developing a personal narrative, students learn to create suspense, align story elements into a cohesive whole, and use timelines to link internal thoughts with external plots. Breathing Life into Essays -This unit guides you in teaching students how to craft thesis-driven essays drawn from their own personal experiences and expertise. Throughout this unit students learn how to develop a thought, organize their thinking with boxes and bullets, and use writing conventions to strengthen their work. Story Arcs: Writing Short Fiction -This unit helps you expand students' previous learning by helping them use story arcs to create rising action, a conflict and a resolution. Students learn to use character development, symbolism, and their knowledge of the elements of a story to develop powerful, realistic fiction. Writing about Literature- In this unit students draw on what they have learned about writing stories to read stories well. They use what they've learned about essays to help them craft essays that analyze and respond to literature. Memoir: Putting It All Together- This introspective unit on memoir writing is designed to help students draw on all they have learned about the structure and craft of writing. From their experience writing essays, students learn to make points about their lives. From their understanding aobut personal narratives, students learn to write about memories that illustrate their points in compelling ways.
