Using Literature to Enhance Writing Instruction: A Guide for K-5 Teachers
By Rebecca Olness.
Description
With the strong emphasis on reading proficiency, many teachers are struggling to include writing instruction in their K-5 literacy programs. This book shows teachers how to make the most of the reading-writing connection by using children's literature to improve their students' writing. Author Rebecca Olness presents six traits that characterize effective writing: ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions. You'll learn how to use these six traits - based on the Six-Trait Analytical Writing Model originally used to assess writing - to teach wri...
ISBN(s)
0872075605, 9780872075603