The Struggling Writer: Strategies to Help Kids Focus, Build Stamina, and Develop Writing Confidence - Softcover

Angelillo, Janet

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0545058961 ISBN 13: 9780545058964

Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources (Theory and Practice), 2010

Synopsis

Struggling writers need personalized, focused, and assessment-informed instruction and, to this end, Angelillo shows teachers how to provide their students with three levels of support: 1) self-monitoring strategies that enable students to start writing, build writing stamina, manage their time, and stay focused on a topic; 2) classroom community resources which create a safe, supportive environment in which to write; and 3) best practices drawn from writer’s workshop including student choice in writing topics, discovering one’s voice as a writer, and time out to conference, reflect, and assess. For use with Grades 3–6.

About this title

About the Author

Janet Angelillo is a literacy consultant who works with elementary and middle-school teachers in urban and suburban schools across the United States and Canada. A classroom educator for many years, Janet is the author of Fresh Approach to Teaching Punctuation, Making Revision Matter, and Grammar Study: Helping Students Get What Grammar Is and How It Works.

Edition details

• Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources (Theory and Practice)
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0545058961
• ISBN 13: 9780545058964
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176