Smuggling Writing: Strategies That Get Students to Write Every Day, in Every Content Area, Grades 3-12 (Corwin Literacy) - Softcover

Wood, Karen D.; Taylor, David Bruce; Kelly, Katie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 150632262X ISBN 13: 9781506322629

Publisher: Corwin, 2015

Synopsis

Can you sneak more writing into your already-jammed curriculum?

Smuggling Writing shows how to integrate writing seamlessly into your lesson plans, with 32 written response activities that help students process information and ideas in short, powerful sessions. The authors invigorate time-tested tools and organize them into sections on Vocabulary and Concept Development, Comprehension, Discussion, and Research & Inquiry. Each strategy:

• Takes students through before, during, and after reading/learning
• Provides engaging digital applications
• Includes sample lessons
• Details connections to Common Core State Standards

Smuggling Writing shows how big gains will come from "writing small" day by day.

About this title

About the Author:

Dr. Karen Wood has been training literacy specialists for over 25 years at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where she is a Professor in the Department of Reading and Elementary Education. Dr. Wood is a published author and former reading teacher, reading specialist, and K–12 instructional coordinator, and much of her writing focuses on translating research and theory into classroom practice across all subjects and grade levels. 

Bruce Taylor is an Associate Professor of Reading and Literacy Education at UNC Charlotte and Director of the Center for Adolescent Literacies. His research and teaching focus on the social and cultural aspects of literacy and learning of adolescents and, in particular, ways to meet the academic learning needs of diverse and marginalized students. He is author and co-author of numerous books, book chapters and articles that focus on literacy across subject areas, digital literacy and community-based support for struggling readers. Bruce can be contacted at bruce.taylor@uncc.edu. 

Katie Stover is an Assistant Professor of Education at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. As a former elementary teacher and literacy coach, her research interests include teacher preparation and development, digital literacies, and critical literacy. Katie’s publications include numerous book chapters and articles published in peer-reviewed journals including The Reading Teacher, Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, and Literacy Research and Instruction. She can be contacted at Katie.stover@furman.edu. 

Review:

"Smuggling Writing shows teachers how to incorporate written response activity results into lesson plans that empower students in grades 3-12 to take charge of their own reading and writing growth. The idea is that more writing can be added to even the heaviest curriculum approach, and this is supported through classroom-tested lesson plans that show students how to use a particular set of strategies in all of their educational pursuits." -- Midwest Book Review, April 2016

About this edition

• Publisher: Corwin
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 150632262X
• ISBN 13: 9781506322629
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256