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Conferring with Young Writers
What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do
If you’ve ever sat down to confer with a child and felt at a loss for what to say or how to help move him or her forward as a writer, this book is for you. If you are a strong teacher of writing but are not seeing results from your students, this book is for you.
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If you’ve ever sat down to confer with a child and felt at a loss for what to say or how to help move him or her forward as a writer, this book is for you. If you are a strong teacher of writing but are not seeing results from your students, this book is for you.
Authors Kristin Ackerman and Jennifer McDonough have been teaching writing for several years and know that conferring can be a murky and messy process—perhaps the hardest component of all. Written from the lessons they’ve lear...read more
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Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: The Elements of Conferring Well: Building Trust
- Chapter 2: Overview: The Three Fs
- Chapter 3: Frequency: Maximizing the Time We Work with Students
- Chapter 4: Focus: Keeping Specific Goals in Mind
- Chapter 5: Follow-Up: Making Our Teaching Stick
- Afterword
- References