Nonfiction Writing Lessons That Work: Engaging Ways to Help Students Plan and Write Informational Texts - Softcover

Schaefer, Lola M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0545273501 ISBN 13: 9780545273503

Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching Strategies), 2012

Synopsis

Motivate students to check their facts and really learn content as they write in these fun, informational formats. Students learn how to share fascinating facts through sidebars, communicate concisely with terse verse, connect with audiences through factual riddles, organize writing with the Vase graphic organizer, and much more! Complete with model lessons, graphic organizers, books lists, student samples, and tips for differentiation, this resource provides a wonderful way to build writing skills and content-area knowledge at the same time!

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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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching Strategies)
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0545273501
• ISBN 13: 9780545273503
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80