Resourceful Writing Teacher

Table of Contents

  1. Teaching Structures and Their Components
    • Minilessons, Conferences, Strategy Lessons, and Teaching Shares
  2. Skills and Strategies for Writing Narrative
    Introduction: Teaching Narrative Writing
    • Finding Narrative Topics That Matter
    • Creating a Focus
    • Showing Not Telling About Characters
    • Revealing the Setting
    • Developing Tension
    • Crafting Leads
    • Crafting Endings
  3. Skills and Strategies for Writing Nonnarrative

    Introduction: Teaching Nonnarrative Writing

    • Finding Nonnarrative Topics That Matter

    • Developing Ideas

    • Creating Categories Inside of Topics

    • Gathering Information

    • Crafting Introductions

    • Crafting Conclusions

  4. Skills and Strategies for Using Appropriate Conventions

    Introduction: Conventions

    • Using Periods

    • Using Correct Spelling

    • Punctuating Dialogue

    • Using Paragraphs

    • Editing