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What's Next for this Beginning Writer?

Mini-Lessons that Take Writing from Scribbles to Script

Janine Reid and Betty Shultze with Ulla Petersen
Year: 2005

Media: 128 pp/paper
ISBN: 978-155138-187-9
Grade Range: K-2

Item No.: WSB-8187

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What's Next for This Beginning Writer? begins by addressing the most common questions that teachers ask about teaching writing to young children. It goes on to offer a step-by-step approach to engaging young writers and developing confident readers and writers. Based on the work of real K–2 students, it suggests ways to interpret student work, identify what they know, and build naturally on the writing strengths displayed.

A series of writing workshop lessons form the core of the book. At the heart of all the workshops is the question, “What's next for this beginning writer?” Using a student sample, teachers learn how they might talk with a student to celebrate, extend, and set goals for the next piece of writing. This demonstration is followed by a mini-lesson that builds on the student's work and suggests group and whole-class activities to use with students at a similar stage.

This book strives to help teachers achieve the delicate balance in which a child learns from direct instruction as well as from the learning environment. Full of authentic student samples, this comprehensive book also includes tips for keeping parents informed and involved, and a list of recommended children's books.

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Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: A Foundation for Writing Instruction
Chapter 1: Making a Picture That Tells a Story
Chapter 2: Telling a Story from a Picture
Chapter 3: Finding Words and Letters Around the Room
Chapter 4: Using Labels as a Writing Tool for Beginners
Chapter 5: Writing at the Bottom of the Page
Chapter 6: Reinforcing the Learning: Making Stories from Pictures
Chapter 7: Telling a Story with Kidwriting
Chapter 8: Putting More Detail in Pictures
Chapter 9: Putting More Detail in Writing
Chapter 10: Reinforcing the Learning: Writing Stories
Chapter 11: Writing from Your Life
Chapter 12: Starting with a Title
Chapter 13: Making All the Sentences Belong
Chapter 14: Remembering Details
Chapter 15: Adding Direct Speech
Chapter 16: Expressing Your Feelings
Chapter 17: Reinforcing the Learning: Writing Personal Stories
Chapter 18: Introducing Story Grammar
Chapter 19: Using Story Grammar to Build a Story
Chapter 20: Shaping a Story into a Poem
Chapter 21: Writing Non-Fiction
Reinforcing the Learning: Reviewing Genres
Appendices
References
Index

About the Author(s)

"Like other idealists of my generation, I became a teacher to make the world a better place," says Janine. "I love making a difference for kids. I love helping them recognize their strength and potential as learners."
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Betty can't remember a time when she didn't want to be a teacher. "I wanted to have a big red pen and mark papers when I was in third grade, and when I was a young adult I knew that working with children would make me happy -- and it has!"
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