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The Writing Thief
Using Mentor Texts to Teach the Craft of Writing
It's been said that good writers borrow but great writers steal. Writing thieves read widely, dive deeply into texts, and steal bits and pieces from great texts as models for their own writing. Ruth Culham admits to being a writing thief—and she wants you and your students to become writing thieves, too.
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It's been said that good writers borrow but great writers steal. Writing thieves read widely, dive deeply into texts, and steal bits and pieces from great texts as models for their own writing. Ruth Culham admits to being a writing thief—and she wants you and your students to become writing thieves, too.
A major part of good writing instruction is finding the right mentor texts to share with students. Within this book, you’ll discover more than ninety excellent mentor texts, along with...read more
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Table of Contents
- About the Author
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Prologue
- Chapter 1: Time to Rethink the Teaching of Writing
- Chapter 2: The Power of Mentor Texts for Writing
- Chapter 3: Informational Writing
- Chapter 4: Narrative Writing
- Chapter 5: Argument Writing
- Epilogue
- Appendix
- References
- Index