I have found a couple of books very useful this year...TQW fills in some gaps...
The books I use include: Fiction and NonFiction Craft Lessons by Ralph Fletcher and Joann Portalupi The End by Barry Lane The Middle School Writing Toolkit by Tim Clifford The Revision Toolkit by Georgia Heard Wonderous Words by Katie Ray Wood These are great resources for developing units of study. Laurie ----- Original Message ---- From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, June 5, 2007 12:00:06 PM Subject: lit Digest, Vol 20, Issue 3 Send lit mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/lit_literacyworkshop.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of lit digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Teaching the Qualities of Writing? (Barbara Punchak) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:15:44 -0400 From: "Barbara Punchak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIT] Teaching the Qualities of Writing? To: "'A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades.'" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII I purchased Fletcher's TQW two years ago and spent all that summer setting up colored folders and crates, then either looking in my picture book collection or ordering some of the books he recommends using. Sadly, after spending a fair amount on both resources, I used only "a little" of TQW this year and very little of Nancie Atwell's Lessons that Change Writers. I hope to do a better job implementing from both resources next year...so my intention is to spend part of my summer planning. Fletcher's A Writer's Notebook: Unlocking the Writer Within is a quick read and definitely worth six dollars. Barbara/6th/FL -----Original Message----- On Behalf Of Maggie Dillier Hello all, I stumbled upon Ralph Fletcher's Teaching the Qualities of Writing (http://www.teachingthequalitiesofwriting.com) and wondered if anyone has any endorsements (or warnings!) for it. (It may be too young for many of you middle school teachers. I teach fifth grade.) I am also interested in his Lessons for the Writer's Notebook, since I needed a little more guidance there, too. Anyone do anything really cool with writer's notebooks?? Maggie ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive. End of lit Digest, Vol 20, Issue 3 ********************************** ____________________________________________________________________________________ Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
