Sarah, I've used Fletcher's Teaching the Qualities of Writing in sixth grade for the past two years. I haven't found it too elementary. Students' writing improved greatly. The lessons are quite teacher friendly, short (mini-lesson length), to the point, and have anchor text.
It lacked lessons on constructed response and controversial issue, the two tested genres. However, for getting students excited about writing and revising, I haven't found a more complete resource. Ellen Andresen _______________________________________________ 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
