Lucy Calkins has a unit about Authors voice. I'm assuming you are working with older elementary or middle school kids so her 3-6 unit of study would be the one to check out.
Deidra Chandler, NC MA Early Childhood Ed MA Reading ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 9:24 PM Subject: [MOSAIC] Voice > Help! My students are currently working on writing magazine articles about > the topic of their choice. They are really into this because they are > responsible for writing the article and formatting it as well. I am > noticing that while the student’s work is very organized with good topic > sentences and supporting details, as a whole, their articles are very > bland > making it almost painful to read at times. Does anyone have any > suggestions or mini-lessons focusing on the author’s voice? I have tried > to give them various models of the purpose and importance of voice in > writing, but many of them are not taking any risks in their writing. Any > ideas? > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
