Crafting true stories
By: Lucy Calkins and Marjorie Martinelli ; photography by Peter Cunningham
Contributors: Martinelli, Marjorie, author
Publisher: Firsthand, an imprint of Heinemann
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Portsmouth, NH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9780325047324
Subjects: Composition and exercises; Study and teaching (Elementary); English language; First person narrative
Table of contents: title: Starting the writing workshop: visualizing possibilities; title: Finding ideas for personal narratives; title: Drawing on a repertoire of strategies: writing with independence; title: Writers use a storyteller's voice. they tell stories, not summaries; title: Taking stock: pause to ask, "how am I doing"; title: Editing as we go: making sure others can read our writing; title: Rehearsing: storytelling and leads; title: Writing discovery drafts; title: Revising by studying what other authors have done; title: Storytellers develop the heart of a story; title: Paragraphing to support sequencing, dialogue, and elaboration; title: Becoming one's own captain: starting a second piece, working with new independence; title: Revision happens throughout the writing process; title: Drafting: writing from inside a memory; title: Revision: balancing kinds of details; title: Commas and quotation marks: punctuating dialogue; title: Writers revise in big, important ways; title: Revising endings: learning from published writing; title: Using editing checklists; title: Publishing: a writing community celebrates.