Revising & Editing: Lessons, Strategies, Models, and Literature Connections That Help You Teach and Revisit These Important Craft Elements All Year Long (Teaching the Craft of Writing) - Softcover

Book 1 of 2: Teaching the Craft of Writing

Schaefer, Lola M.; Hurni-Dove, Kathleen

 
9780439444033: Revising & Editing: Lessons, Strategies, Models, and Literature Connections That Help You Teach and Revisit These Important Craft Elements All Year Long (Teaching the Craft of Writing)

Synopsis

A concise and thoughtful guide that shows teachers how to introduce, teach, and reinforce revision and editing practices. Includes a kick-off lesson, classroom-tested revision strategies that enrich students&#8217 writing, and editing techniques that help students polish their work. Covers peer response, interactive editing, using proofreading marks, and much more. An essential resource for any writing teacher.

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About the Author

Lola M. Schaefer is the author of "Pick, Pull, Snap! Where Once a Flower Bloomed, " an NCTE Notable Children's Book in the Language Arts; "What's Up, What's Down?; This Is the Sunflower; " and "This Is the Rain, " which "Kirkus Reviews" called "as essential to library collections as rain is to summer sunflowers." She lives with her husband, Ted, on four acres in rural Indiana, quite far from any of the volcanic islands featured in this book.

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