Text Structures and Fables: Teaching Students to Write About What They Read, Grades 3-12 (Corwin Literacy)

Text Structures and Fables: Teaching Students to Write About What They Read, Grades 3-12 (Corwin Literacy)
by: Gretchen Bernabei (Author),Jayne Hover(Author)
Publisher: Corwin
Edition: 1st
Publication Date: 2022/11/11
Language: English
Print Length: 200 pages
ISBN-10: 1071894242
ISBN-13: 9781071894248
Book Description
State tests are assessing reading and writing together―Are you ready?The heat is on―state tests now assess reading and writing together. And that’s a good thing, but we’ve got some catching up to do in developing students’ facility with written response. With Text Structures and Fables, Gretchen Bernabei and Jayne Hover share lessons and short texts to use right away. They harness the inviting format of fables to teach many ways to respond to texts in any genre. Students will learn easy structures for:Answering comprehension questionsConnecting theme or moral to self or worldAnswering questions about author’s craftShowcasing thinking in non-traditional formats such as graphicsAnd much more!
About the Author
State tests are assessing reading and writing together―Are you ready?The heat is on―state tests now assess reading and writing together. And that’s a good thing, but we’ve got some catching up to do in developing students’ facility with written response. With Text Structures and Fables, Gretchen Bernabei and Jayne Hover share lessons and short texts to use right away. They harness the inviting format of fables to teach many ways to respond to texts in any genre. Students will learn easy structures for:Answering comprehension questionsConnecting theme or moral to self or worldAnswering questions about author’s craftShowcasing thinking in non-traditional formats such as graphicsAnd much more! Read more