• Chapters with mini-lessons follow consistent pattern for easy application
• Practical resource book for teachers looking to improve students’ writing
• Uses mentor texts from key genres, including graphic novels, to teach narrative, informational, and poetry writing
• Aligned with CCSS
• Chapters organized by grade level to teach well-known 6 + 1 Writing Traits
By:
Beverly A. DeVries (Southern Nazarene University USA)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Weight: 235g
ISBN: 9781032229393
ISBN 10: 103222939X
Pages: 150
Publication Date: 30 December 2022
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
"Meet the Author Preface Chapter 1: Primary Fiction Trait: Content – Those Shoes Trait: Organization – Can I Be Your Dog? Trait: Word Choice – Chrysanthemum Trait: Voice – Julius: The Baby of the World Trait: Sentence Fluency – Dear Peter Rabbit Trait: Conventions – Memory Jars Trait: Presentation – The Camping Trip Chapter 2: Elementary Fiction Trait: Content – Leo Geo and the Cosmic Crisis Trait: Organization: Flashback – Jangles: A Big Fish Story Trait: Word Choice – Magnificent Homespun Brown Trait: Voice – Encounter Trait: Sentence Fluency – Walk Two Moons Trait: Conventions – Bud, Not Buddy Trait: Presentation – New Kid Chapter 3: Informational Primary Texts Trait: Content – Dolphins and Sharks: Fact Tracker Trait: Organization – ABC Insects Trait: Word Choice – The Cloud Book Trait: Voice – Sea Turtles Trait: Sentence Fluency – Amazing Dolphins! Trait: Conventions – North American Animals: Bald Eagles Trait: Presentation – Life Cycle of a Butterfly Chapter 4: Informational Elementary Texts Trait: Content – Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood Trait: Organization – Cheetahs Trait: Word Choice – Locomotive Trait: Voice – Endangered Desert Animals Trait: Sentence Fluency – Bananas! Trait: Conventions – Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 Trait: Presentation - Science Comics: Coral reefs: Cities of the Ocean Chapter 5: Primary Poetry Trait: Content – ""What Is Yellow?"" in Hailstones and Halibut Bones Trait: Organization – ""Picnic"" Summer: An Alphabet Acrostic Trait: Word Choice - ""The Whales Off Wales"" in Book of Animal Poetry Trait: Voice – Won Ton and Chopstick: A Cat and Dog Tale Told in Haiku Trait: Sentence Fluency – ""Our Tree"" in Sing a Song of Popcorn Trait: Conventions – ""Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too"" in Where the Sidewalk Ends Trait: Presentation - ""All Wet"" in Ode to a Commode: Concrete poems. Chapter 6: Elementary Poetry Trait: Content – Bug Off! Creep, Crawly Poems Trait: Organization – Count Me a Rhyme: Animal Poems by the Numbers Trait: Word Choice - ""The Turkey Shot Out of the Oven"" in Something Big Has Been Here Trait: Voice – ""Foul Shot"" in Reflections on a gift of a watermelon pickle Trait: Sentence Fluency – ""The Toy Eater"" in Falling Up Trait: Conventions – ""Mirror, Mirror"" in Falling Up Trait: Presentation - ""Cool, Sweet…But enough about me"" in Ode to a Commode: Concrete poems. Final Takeaways References"
Beverly A. DeVries is Professor Emerita at Southern Nazarene University, USA and teaches ESL to elementary students and adults. She is the author of the bestselling textbook Literacy Assessment and Intervention for Classroom Teachers, Sixth Edition.
