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Micro Lessons in Writing
In this book, Jim Vopat makes the complex concepts of writing instruction easier for you and your students: one little lesson per page, one big idea. Micro Lessons may be small, but they’re big on practicality, providing your instruction with...
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Minds Made for Stories
Narrative is regularly considered a type of writing—often an “easy” one, appropriate for early grades but giving way to argument and analysis in later grades. This groundbreaking book challenges all that. It invites readers to imagine...
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Minds Made for Stories.
n this highly readable and provocative book, Thomas Newkirk explodes the long standing habit of opposing abstract argument with telling stories. Newkirk convincingly shows that effective argument is already a kind of narrative and is deeply...
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Miscue Analysis Made Easy : Building on Student Strengths
A series of lively, interactive exercises leads us through the thinking processes and linguistic systems that readers use to build their understanding of text. Through a careful review of these systems, we learn to assess what readers can do. Miscue...
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Miscues Not Mistakes : Reading Assessment in the Classroom
Davenport demonstrates miscue analysis by reading books using an "Over the Shoulder Procedure". You’ll realize that changes in the text are miscues, not mistakes, informing you of the reader’s use of language and processing of...
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More (Advanced) Lessons in Comprehension
With More (Advanced) Lessons in Comprehension Frank Serafini and Suzette Youngs present 64 new, more sophisticated lessons for elementary and middle school readers. Lessons that make explicit the skills students need to engage with a wide variety of...
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More About the Authors: Authors and Illustrators Mentor Our Youngest Writers
“My hope is that More About the Authors will help you see how shifting your thinking about mentors can make such a difference in your teaching.” —Lisa Cleaveland This is not your typical book on mentor texts. Lisa Cleaveland...