Deeper Writing: Quick Writes and Mentor Texts to Illuminate New Possibilities 1st Edition
Author(s): Robin W. Holland (Author)
Publisher: Corwin
Publication Date: 15 Nov. 2012
Edition: 1st
Language: English
Print length: 232 pages
ISBN-10: 1452229945
ISBN-13: 9781452229942
Book Description
Your best tool for building fluent writers
Make your classroom’s writing time really count, with smart and compelling texts designed to enhance the instruction you’re already providing. Whether you teach 4th grade, 12th, or anything in between, you’ll foster authentic writing every day, building fluency and teaching students to write for a variety of purposes—top priorities in the Common Core. Look for:
45 quick writes in an easy-to-use framework with suggested grade levels
Carefully selected mentor texts that provide models and inspiration
Guidelines for crafting your own quick writes, tailored to your students’ needs
Editorial Reviews
Review
“This text allows teachers and students to experience the pleasures and joys of finding meaning in… writing. Such “digging deeper” can be rare in a writing-on-demand culture. The prompts are versatile enough to allow for use in a wide variety of classrooms, from primary-grades to graduate school.” — Peggy Semingson, Assistant Professor of Literacy Studies Published On: 2012-08-29
“Here are the resources you would collect if you had months to search for them. Robin shows how each can be used to help students find satisfying topics and then develop those by studying the craft of other writers. This book will inspire you to write―and lead your students to write―with heart, with passion, and with increasing skill.” — Penny Kittle, Author of Write Beside Them and Book Love Published On: 2012-08-29
From the Back Cover
This guide provides writing ideas for use with all levels of young writers, aiming to develop individual reflective writing skills in line with core standards.
About the Author
Robin W. Holland is co-director of the Columbus Area Writing Project (CAWP), a local affiliate of the National Writing Project. She has worked in the areas of writing and language arts for over 30 years. During this time she has developed district-wide writing initiatives, conducted inservice trainings, and created writing curriculum guides for Columbus City Schools. Prior to her appointment at CAWP in 2005, she held a number of positions at the building level, including classroom teacher, gifted educator, Title I Teacher, and Literacy Coach/Intervention Specialist. Holland currently works with teacher participants from levels K-16 as one of the facilitators of the CAWP Summer Writing Institute at The Ohio State University.
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