Deeper Writing: Quick Writes and Mentor Texts to Illuminate New Possibilities - Softcover

Holland, Robin W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1452229945 ISBN 13: 9781452229942

Publisher: Corwin, 2012

Synopsis

Your best tool for building fluent writers

Make your classroom's writing time really count, with smart and compelling texts designed to enhance the instruction you're already providing. Whether you teach 4th grade, 12th, or anything in between, you'll foster authentic writing every day, building fluency and teaching students to write for a variety of purposes—top priorities in the Common Core. Look for:

• 45 quick writes in an easy-to-use framework with suggested grade levels
• Carefully selected mentor texts that provide models and inspiration
• Guidelines for crafting your own quick writes, tailored to your students’ needs

About this title

About the Author

Robin W. Holland is co-director of the Columbus Area Writing Project (CAWP), a local affiliate of the National Writing Project. She has worked in the areas of writing and language arts for over 30 years. During this time she has developed district-wide writing initiatives, conducted inservice trainings, and created writing curriculum guides for Columbus City Schools. Prior to her appointment at CAWP in 2005, she held a number of positions at the building level, including classroom teacher, gifted educator, Title I Teacher, and Literacy Coach/Intervention Specialist. Holland currently works with teacher participants from levels K-16 as one of the facilitators of the CAWP Summer Writing Institute at The Ohio State University.

Please check out Robin Holland′s new blog: http://deeperwritingrobinholland.blogspot.com/.

From the Back Cover

This guide provides writing ideas for use with all levels of young writers, aiming to develop individual reflective writing skills in line with core standards.

Edition details

• Publisher: Corwin
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1452229945
• ISBN 13: 9781452229942
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 232