Teaching the Craft of Writing: Organization: Lessons, Strategies, Models, and Literature Connections That Help You Teach and Revisit This Important Craft Element All Year Long [Paperback]

Lola Schaefer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2006 | Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up | Series: Teaching the Craft of Writing

A concise and thoughtful guide that shows teachers how to introduce, teach, and reinforce organizational strategies. Includes lessons on planning and organizing personal narratives, fiction, poetry, and information writing. Full of model plans, student samples, conference transcripts, and classroom vignettes, this resource will keep the topic of organization fresh and alive all year long. For use with Grades 2-4.

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About the Author

Lola M. Schaefer was a classroom teacher for 18 years, teaching kindergarten through seventh grade. She now serves as an educational consultant and works in elementary and middle schools across the United States demonstrating classroom writing lessons and working with teachers on craft mini-lessons, as well as revision and genre structures. She also provides staff development workshops and is an accomplished children's book author, with more than 220 books to her credit. Her Scholastic professional books include Teaching Narrative Writing, 10 Writing Lessons for the Overhead, and Writing Lessons for the Overhead for grades 1, 2-3, and 5 and Up. Recently Lola and her husband moved from Indiana to the mountains of north Georgia.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 7 and up
  
• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Teaching Strategies (January 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0439444004
• ISBN-13: 978-0439444002
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,110,906 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)