I like all the books by Marcia Freeman - you might want to look at Building A Writing Community and Teaching Target Skills and also her CraftPlus curriculum. There are lots of good downloads on this website:
http://maupinhouse.com/index.php/authors/marcia-freeman.html Good luck! On Aug 25, 2012, at 8:39 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Try www.writingfix.org and www.readwritethink.org. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "evelia cadet" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 1:50:57 AM > Subject: [MOSAIC] Teaching Writing > > Hello. I am in desperate need of help and I thought about this group. I am > starting school on Monday and I was told this afternoon that I will be > teaching writing (dual language). I normally teach reading and social > studies. I have never taught writing before. Writing is tested in my grade > (4th). Are you all aware of a great online resourse for writing that I can > use, at least to plan for next week? Also, for those who have experience > teaching writing, when and how do you address the mechanics of writing? Do > you start teaching a lot of grammar first? Do you teach grammar as a whole > group? I have so many questions! Thank you. > > Evelia > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
