Description
Product ID: | 9781071894248 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Corwin Literacy |
Title: | Text Structures and Fables |
Subtitle: | Teaching Students to Write About What They Read, Grades 3-12 |
Authors: | Author: Gretchen Bernabei, Jayne Hover |
Page Count: | 200 |
Subjects: | Language learning: writing skills, Writing skills, Educational strategies and policy, Literacy strategies |
Description: | State tests are assessing reading and writing together—Are you ready? The heat is on—state tests now assess reading and writing together. And that’s a good thing, but we’ve got some catching up to do in developing students’ facility with written response. With Text Structures and Fables, Gretchen Bernabei and Jayne Hover share lessons and short texts to use right away. They harness the inviting format of fables to teach many ways to respond to texts in any genre. Students will learn easy structures for:
And much more! State tests are assessing reading and writing together—Are you ready? I wish students would interact with a text on their own…I wish it wasn’t like pulling teeth to get them to elaborate their thinking. Wish no more, because bestselling author Gretchen Bernabei shows you how to guide students to be nimble at both short answer and extended responses. Her secret? “Teach students text structures, and they can pour their swirling ideas about the text into cogent writing.” Using the accessible format of fables, Bernabei and Hover share lessons and an appendix full of fables so you can teach students five concrete ways to respond to text in any genre:
The heat is on—beginning in third grade, state tests are now assessing reading and writing together. And that’s a good thing, but we’ve got some catching up to do. With Text Structures and Fables in hand, your students will swiftly and surely become text-savvy readers and writers. |
Imprint Name: | Corwin Press Inc |
Publisher Name: | SAGE Publications Inc |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2023-03-06 |