Get it done! : writing and analyzing informational texts to make things happen

Wilhelm, Jeffrey D. 1959- (Author). Smith, Michael W. (Michael William), 1954- (Added Author). Fredricksen, James E. (Added Author).

Summary: This book explores how to teach the reading and composing of information texts, with the goal of preparing high school students for practical uses of the skills both within and outside the classroom.

Record details

ISBN: 9780325042916 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 0325042918 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xiv, 253 p. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, c2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Laying the foundation -- Thinking about the structures behind informational and explanatory texts -- Five kinds of knowledge: the foundation of understanding and expertise -- Five kinds of composing: making informational texts and making them matter -- The process and practical context of inquiry -- Naming and listing: prerequisites for problem solving and performing the possible -- Getting to the point: the process and promise of summary -- Summary summarized! why summary matters -- Getting oriented and directed: description and process -- Divining and defining: what's the big definition? -- Comparing and contrasting: but what's the difference? -- Classification: the most powerful thought pattern in the world? -- Problem-solution and cause-effect: so what's the problem?.