The writing strategies book : your everything guide to developing skilled writers

Summary: "The author collects 300 of the most effective strategies to share with writers, and groups them beneath 10 crucial goals. "You can think of the goals as the what, "writes Jen, "and the strategies as the how." With this book you will: develop individual goals for every writer; give students step-by-step strategies for writing with skill and craft; coach writers using prompts aligned to a strategy; present mentor texts that support a genre and strategy; adjust instruction to meet individual needs with Jen's Teaching Tips; demonstrate and explain a writing move with her Lesson Language; learn more with Hat Tips to the work of influential teacher?authors."--Adapted from publisher's web site.

Record details

ISBN: 9780325078229 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
xii, 410 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Publisher: Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, 2017.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-410).
Formatted Contents Note:	Composing with pictures -- Engagement : independence, increasing volume, and developing a writing identity -- Generating and collecting ideas -- Focus/meaning -- Organization and structure -- Elaboration -- Word choice -- Conventions : spelling and letter formation -- Conventions : grammar and punctuation -- Collaborating with writing partners and clubs.