Could you please give the name of the poetry book for first grade that you are referencing? Thank you.
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email >Group"<[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] study driven >Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 07:41:02 EDT > >Nancy, >Combine Study Driven with Primary Units of Study from Lucy Calkins and you >are golden. If you are doing poetry next.... she has an entire book >dedicated >to just that genre and at the first grade level.... not only to read like >a >writer and write like a reader but she shows you how to introduce author >craft.,.... poetic language, similes and metaphors, white space, big >message in a >tiny package (she works in analogies a lot) how to work as a whole group to >practice and then what to do during conferences to elevate their >writing.... I >have used it for the past five years and every time I read it I pick up >something more.... we write anthologies at the end of the year and they are >not >only sophisticated in style, and deep in meaning, the students kid voices >are >maintained in the beauty of how their poet eyes perceive the world and >those >who live in it. >Pam > >In a message dated 4/4/2008 6:51:21 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >Leslie, >I absolutely LOVE this approach to writing, reading, and to learning! >Even >my first graders have really responded to noticing what the authors of our >mentor texts are doing and then they are even trying to do some of the >same >kinds of writing. They are able to articulate exactly what they are doing >and >why. Our biggest AHA has been that the author writes for the reader to >read, >so as authors we are noticing what things we HAVE to include in order for >the >reader to not be confused, As readers we are noticing how deliberate the >author was with the choices he/she used. Our entire building is >attempting a >poetry study right now. Too early to hear how everyone is doing just >yet. > >Nancy > > >>> "STEWART, L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04/03/08 6:04 PM >>> >Has anyone used the book Study Driven by Katie Wood Ray? I am >interested in your success in or opinion of the use of this book in >choosing mentor texts for writing instruction. > >Leslie > >_______________________________________________ >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. > > > > > > >**************Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. > >(http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000016) >_______________________________________________ >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.
