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Content-area writing that rocks and works! / Rebecca G. Harper.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harper, Rebecca G., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Composition (Language arts).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (120 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Huntington Beach, California : Shell Education, [2017]
- Summary:
- Engage third through twelfth grade students with creative strategies to develop their writing skills with the help of Content Area Writing That Rocks. This standards-based resource provides teachers with strategies and suggestions to build writing skills based on students' interests in technology, social media, and other contemporary topics. This guide supports overall writing instruction across the content areas.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Credits
- Page 3 - Table of Contents
- Page 5 - Dedication
- Page 6 - Acknowledgments
- Page 7 - Why Writing?
- Page 10 - Organization of This Book
- Page 12 - Content-Area Literacy and Writing
- Page 12 - The Importance of Content-Area Writing
- Page 13 - Reading and Writing Are Social Activities
- Page 14 - Students at the Center
- Page 15 - Embracing the Process
- Page 15 - How Does Content-Area Writing Look?
- Page 18 - How Do I Infuse My Content-Area Lessons
- Page 20 - Making Content-Area Writing Work for All Learners
- Page 23 - Writing to Think
- Page 25 - Who's the Writing For?
- Page 25 - Writing-to-Think Strategies
- Page 27 - Written Conversations
- Page 30 - Writing Breaks
- Page 33 - Dialogue Journals
- Page 36 - Writing to Prove
- Page 38 - Paint-Strip Evidence
- Page 40 - Red-Light, Green-Light Evidence
- Page 42 - Textual-Evidence Throw Down
- Page 45 - Picture This!
- Page 47 - Do This, Not That Recipe
- Page 49 - Create a Simile
- Page 51 - Continuum Debate
- Page 53 - iPod List
- Page 55 - Writing to Learn Vocabulary
- Page 57 - Levels of Words
- Page 59 - Paint-Strip Words
- Page 61 - Continuum of Words
- Page 63 - Alpha-Boxes
- Page 66 - Also Known As (AKA)
- Page 68 - Writing to Summarize
- Page 69 - Postcard Summaries
- Page 71 - Sports Summaries
- Page 73 - Trailers, Recaps, and Reviews
- Page 75 - Five-Dollar Summaries
- Page 77 - Comic-Strip Summaries
- Page 79 - Bio Poems 2.0
- Page 81 - Social Media Summaries
- Page 85 - Writing to Organize
- Page 86 - Four-Block Writing
- Page 89 - Paint-Strip Organizer
- Page 91 - Heard, Refute, and Question (HRQ)
- Page 93 - List, Group, Label, and Map
- Page 95 - Compare-and-Contrast Throw Down
- Page 99 - Mock Pinterest Pages
- Page 101 - Appendices
- Page 101 - Appendix A: Letter from the Author.
- Page 102 - Appendix B: References Cited
- Page 105 - Appendix C: Interest Inventories
- Page 108 - Appendix D: Student Templates
- Page 118 - Appendix E: Books That Rock!
- Thank You Page.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- OCLC:
- 1114966526
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