Get it done!
Subtitle: writing informational text to make things happen
By: Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, Michael W. Smith, James E. Fredricksen
Contributors: Smith, Michael W. (Michael William), 1954-; Fredricksen, James E.
Series: Exceeding the common core state standards
Publisher: Heinemann
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Portsmouth, NH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9780325042916
Subjects: Study and teaching (Secondary); Composition and exercises; Exposition (Rhetoric); English language
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Laying the foundation; title: Thinking about the structures behind informational and explanatory texts; title: Five kinds of knowledge: the foundation of understanding and expertise; title: Five kinds of composing: making informational texts and making them matter; title: The process and practical context of inquiry; title: Naming and listing: prerequisites for problem solving and performing the possible; title: Getting to the point: the process and promise of summary; title: Summary summarized! why summary matters; title: Getting oriented and directed: description and process; title: Divining and defining: what's the big definition?; title: Comparing and contrasting: but what's the difference?; title: Classification: the most powerful thought pattern in the world?; title: Problem-solution and cause-effect: so what's the problem?.