[LIT] lit Digest, Vol 20, Issue 3

[Laurie Sullivan]

I have found a couple of books very useful this year...TQW fills in some gaps...

The books I use include:

Fiction and NonFiction Craft Lessons by Ralph Fletcher and Joann Portalupi
The End by Barry Lane
The Middle School Writing Toolkit by Tim Clifford
The Revision Toolkit by Georgia Heard
Wonderous Words by Katie Ray Wood

These are great resources for developing units of study.

Laurie

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Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:15:44 -0400
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Subject: Re: [LIT] Teaching the Qualities of Writing?
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I purchased Fletcher's TQW two years ago and spent all that summer setting
up colored folders and crates, then either looking in my picture book
collection or ordering some of the books he recommends using.  Sadly, after
spending a fair amount on both resources, I used only "a little" of TQW this
year and very little of Nancie Atwell's Lessons that Change Writers.  I hope
to do a better job implementing from both resources next year...so my
intention is to spend part of my summer planning.

Fletcher's A Writer's Notebook: Unlocking the Writer Within is a quick read
and definitely worth six dollars.
Barbara/6th/FL

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On Behalf Of Maggie Dillier
Hello all,
I stumbled upon Ralph Fletcher's Teaching the Qualities of Writing
(http://www.teachingthequalitiesofwriting.com) and wondered if anyone has
any endorsements (or warnings!) for it. (It may be too young for many of you
middle school teachers. I teach fifth grade.)

I am also interested in his Lessons for the Writer's Notebook, since I
needed a little more guidance there, too. Anyone do anything really cool
with writer's notebooks??

Maggie




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