Non-Fiction Writing Strategies: Using Science Big Books As Models - Softcover

Freeman, Marcia S.

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Synopsis

Enhance the quality and effectiveness of your school-wide writing program with a balance of expository writing that integrates science with writing! Here's how to use Newbridge Early Science Big Books as models of good writing to teach the information-writing techniques so critical for student success on performance-based writing tests. Includes: an integrative approach for teaching science and informational writing, strategies for teaching writing-craft fundamentals, step-by-step explanations of the basic process of teaching writing-craft skills, oral and written models, a variety of expository techniques and advice on preparing your young writers for success on performance-based tests.

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About the Author

Marcia S. Freeman is an internationally known writing-education consultant and author. She assists shools and districts in developing K-5 writing-instruction programs based on a communication of writing-craft skills taught in daily classroom writing workshops.

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