Conferring with Young Writers : What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do / Kristin Ackerman and Jennifer McDonough.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ackerman, Kristin, 1983- author.

McDonough, Jennifer, 1974- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Composition (Language arts)--Study and teaching (Elementary).

Composition (Language arts).

English language--Composition and exercises--Study and teaching (Elementary).

English language.

Individualized instruction.

Teacher-student relationships.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (119 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.

Summary:

If you've ever sat down to confer with a child and felt at a loss for what to say or how to help move him or her forward as a writer, this book is for you. If you are a strong teacher of writing but are not seeing results from your students, this book is for you. Authors Kristin Ackerman and Jennifer McDonough have been teaching writing for several years and know that conferring can be a murky and messy process-;perhaps the hardest component of all. Written from the lessons they've learned through hard-won classroom experience-;their mistakes and challenges-;Conferring with Young Writers is based on what Kristin and Jen call the three Fs-: frequency, focus, and follow-up. They've created a classroom management system that offers routine and structure for giving the most effective feedback in a writing conference. This book will help writing teachers-;and students-;learn to break down and utilize the qualities that enable good writing: elaboration, voice, structure, conventions, and focus. The authors also provide the knowledge and skills it takes to confer well, which will help you improve as a writing teacher and give your students the confidence to think of themselves as writers.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Elements of Conferring Well: Building Trust

Chapter 2: Overview: The Three Fs

Chapter 3: Frequency: Maximizing the Time We Work with Students

Chapter 4: Focus: Keeping Specific Goals in Mind

Chapter 5: Follow-Up: Making Our Teaching Stick

Afterword

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-003-84317-4

1-003-84021-3

1-03-268089-X

1-62531-123-0

9781032680897

OCLC:

1403569002