Just-Right Writing Mini-Lessons: Mini-Lessons to Teach Your Students the Essential Skills and Strategies They Need to Write Fiction and Nonfiction »

A rich collection of more than 50 mini-lessons linked to the standards, written by recognized experts in the field. Topics include finding and developing topics, writing with a purpose, planning narrative and expository pieces, drafting, revising, editing, and more. The authors also demonstrate how to integrate writing into the content areas. Graphic organizers and writing checklists round out this indispensable resource. For use with Grades 4-6.

Children's Literature

Two veteran teachers extend their series on mini-lessons to teach students grades 4 to 6 essential writing skills and strategies in an easy-to-use workbook format. Using the philosophy that real writing skills can be achieved by providing "direct and explicit" activities, this edition focuses on integrating writing with content area learning, as well as integrating reading and writing. Following a brief introduction, the book is divided into six sections: planning for writing, writing a draft, application of writing conventions, revision, writing in a variety of forms, and polishing and publishing. Within each section numerous mini-lessons are carefully organized into materials, skill focus, steps in the lessons and so on. Additional highlights are a grid illustrating how each lesson fits National Language Arts Standards, as well as reproducible forms and organizers, a bibliography, and web site resources. New as well as veteran teachers will find inspiration and real assistance in tackling the difficult task of planning and teaching writing at the upper elementary level.