Now online: Crafting Writers, K-6
March 2008
In her new book Crafting Writers, K-6, Elizabeth Hale gives teachers the support they need to teach the art of writing. In addition to introducing specific craft elements, she provides a process for noticing them in writing.
"If the expectation of what we teach students about writing is changing, then so should our preparation. If we are to teach the craft of writing to students, and not just mechanics and spelling, most of us cannot rely solely on our own histories of writing instruction."
Crafting Writers, K-6 offers many specific writing techniques for different categories of craft such as word choice and sentence variety. You'll find practical strategies for teaching craft in whole-class lessons and one-on-one conferences, and advice on managing conferences, group conferring, and using rubrics for assessment.
You can now preview the entire book online.
Read more about Elizabeth Hale.
