The Writing Teacher's Companion

by Ralph Fletcher

Overview

This warm and practical guidebook by celebrated author and educator Ralph Fletcher demystifies the teaching of writing and shows how to engage every student.

This warm and practical guidebook by celebrated author and educator Ralph Fletcher demystifies the teaching of writing and shows how to engage every student.

Celebrated author and educator Ralph Fletcher provides a practical and illuminating guide to writing workshop for both new and veteran teachers that details the best ways to get started, the components that are vital, and what it takes to sustain a successful workshop across the school year. Fletcher, a wise and witty writing companion, shows us why encouraging choice, purpose, and play helps students find their voices and produce strong, effective writing.

• The Writing Teacher's Companionfeatures indispensable information about how to create, launch, and sustain an effective writer's workshop.
• Learn what choice, voice, writing purpose, and play have to do with encouraging abundant highly effective student writing.
• Learn how your writing attitude (and your own experiences as a writer) work to shape your students' developing writing aptitude.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781338148046
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	06/15/2017
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	5 - 11 Years

About the Author

Ralph Fletcher travels around the U.S. and abroad, helping teachers find wiser ways of teaching writing. He is the author of many books for young readers including Fig Pudding, Flying Solo, Twilight Comes Twice, Also Known as Rowan Pohi, and Marshfield Dreams: When I Was a Kid. His professional books for teachers include Boy Writers: Reclaiming Their Voices, Pyrotechnics on the Page, and What A Writer Needs, 2nd Edition.

Table of Contents

Introduction 8

Part 1 Attitudes That Foster Writing 10

1 Keep It Simple 12

2 Helpful Attitudes: Yours 14

3 Write With Your Students 18

4 A Writer-With-a-Small-w 22

5 Helpful Attitudes: Theirs 26

6 An Environment That Encourages Risk 30

Part 2 Writing Workshop: Getting Started 34

7 Commonsense Thinking About Goals 36

8 Creating a Writing Space 40

9 Making Time 44

10 The Concept of Ongoingness 48

11 The Case for Choice 52

12 The Burnt-and-Broken Cookie Plate 56

13 The First Day 60

Part 3 Writing Workshop: Vital Components 64

14 Conferring With Kids 66

15 The Mini-Lesson 70

16 Literature That Inspires 74

17 Audience & Purpose 78

18 The Craft of Writing 82

19 Spotlight on Craft: The Recurring Line 86

20 Playing in a Writer's Notebook 90

Part 4 What Writers Do When They Write 94

21 A Flexible Writing Process 96

22 Prewriting 98

23 Drafting 102

24 Rereading 106

25 Revising 110

26 Editing 114

27 Publishing 118

Part 5 A Year of Writing 122

28 Looking at Student Writing 124

29 Assessment & Grading 130

30 The Genre Study 134

31 Engaging Boy Writers 138

32 Picks & Pans 142

33 Responding to the Skeptics 148

34 Something for a Rainy Day 152

35 Closing Time: End-of-the-Year Rituals 156

36 Exit Interview 160

Appendix 166

Index 176