Persuasive writing of all kinds
Subtitle: using words to make a change
By: Lucy Calkins and Elizabeth Dunford ; photography by Peter Cunningham
Contributors: Dunford, Elizabeth, author
Publisher: Firsthand, an imprint of Heinemann
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Portsmouth, NH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
ISBN-13: 9780325047232
Subjects: Composition and exercises; Study and teaching (Early childhood); English language; Persuasion (Rhetoric)
Notes: "Grade K, Unit 4, opinion"--Cover.
Table of contents: title: Words are like magic wands : they can make things happen; title: Convincing people : providing reasons and consequences; title: Don't stop there!:  generating more writing for more causes; title: Writers reread and fix up their writing; title: Spelling strategies give writers  word power; title: Hear ye! hear ye! writing to spread the word (a mini-celebration); title: Writing letters that reach readers; title: Studying a mentor text (a guided inquiry); title: Knowing just what to say : angling letters to different audiences; title: How can we make it better? Imagining solutions; title: Wait! what's that say? fixing up letters before mailing letters; title: Draw on a repertoire of strategies to write about a world problem; title: Sound like an expert! Teaching information to persuade your audience; title: More on adding detailed information to persuasive writing; title: Writing how-to books to make a change; title: Editing for punctuation : partner work; title: Speaking up and taking a stand : planning and rehearsing speeches; title: Fixing and fancying up for publication using the super checklist; title: The earth day fair : an author's celebration.