A Fresh Approach To Teaching Punctuation [Paperback]

Janet Angelillo (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0439222451 | ISBN-13: 978-0439222457 | Publication Date: July 2002

Helping young writers use conventions with precision and purpose.

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About the Author

Janet Angelillo is a staff developer affiliated with the Reading and Writing Project at Columbia Teachers’ College.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 7 and up
  
• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic (July 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0439222451
• ISBN-13: 978-0439222457
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #500,240 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic! A smart, sensible approach..., September 19, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: A Fresh Approach To Teaching Punctuation (Paperback)

This is the first book I've read that encourages us to teach punctuation by looking at high-quality writing and easing into the rules. Kids not only learn how to puncutate their papers correctly, but also how to use punctuation to enhance their ideas.

20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Teach punctuation the Writer's Workshop way!, June 25, 2003

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Teacher "professorzap" (Albuquerque, NM USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Fresh Approach To Teaching Punctuation (Paperback)

This is an outstanding book on teaching punctuation while your kids are engaged in authentic, meaningful writing. The author provide excellent and practical suggestions for a year-long study, gives details on the first(introductory), study, and explains how to weave punctuation study into your literature-based program. Your students WILL become punctuation fanatics--they will notice and attend to punctuation like you wouldn't believe. The only downside is that you might see their writing go crazy for a while on commas, colons, and dashes. What a refreshing change for you and your students! If you are doing Writer's Workshop with your students you need this book.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Practices In Action, November 2, 2006

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Ruth E. Culham (Beaverton, Oregon) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Fresh Approach To Teaching Punctuation (Paperback)

Janet Angelillo scores a home run in this stellar teaching resource book that is bound to inspire teachers to discard old-fashioned methods of teaching punctuation (worksheets, skill and drill) in favor of those found in this book. The text is filled with ideas for lessons that will motivate, challenge, and create independent writers who use punctuation--sophisticated punctuation--with ease. Chocked full of ready-to-use mini-lessons that feature a variety of texts for students to examine, they learn how powerful punctuation can be in making the meaning of their writing clear. Angelillo makes it possible for every teacher to put into practice what research and best practices has been saying for a long time: We learn to write and use conventions in the context of real writing, not from worksheets. And best of all, she doesn't just tell you, she shows you how. This is an important book for every writing teacher to read and use with students of all ages.