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

by Lola M. Schaefer

Overview

In this concise and thoughtful guide, veteran teacher and children’s author Lola Schaefer offers classroom-tested strategies that help students elaborate effectively. Lessons on choosing precise nouns and verbs, developing an extensive vocabulary, creating powerful comparisons, questioning the writing, and showing emotions through action help students enrich their writing. An essential resource for any writing teacher.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780545185738
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	01/01/2006
Sold by:	Scholastic, Inc.
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

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 in Indiana, working in area schools with teachers and students on writing. She also provides staff development workshops and is an accomplished children's book author, with 125 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.