Writing for readers
By: Lucy Calkins and Natalie Louis ; photography by Peter Cunningham
Contributors: Louis, Natalie, author
Publisher: Firsthand, an imprint of Heinemann
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Portsmouth, NH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9780325047218
Subjects: Composition and exercises; English language; Study and teaching (Early childhood)
Notes: "Grade K, unit 2, narrative" --Cover.
Table of contents: title: Writing for readers; title: How to write true stories readers really want to read; title: Drawing stories for readers; title: Writing sentences that tell a story; title: The power of rereading; title: Checklists can help writers make powerful stories; title: A vowel chart can help with the middles of words; title: Writing readable stories using word walls; title: Writing stories with true words : making stories talk; title: Using reading partnerships to support more conventional writing; title: Using a partner to hear more sounds in words; title: Putting it together : how to make readable writing (guided inquiry lesson); title: Writers search their mental pictures and their drawn pictures to make their stories better; title: Writers use flaps to make better stories; title: Writing amazing story beginnings; title: Writers work with partners to answer readers' questions; title: Writers use all they know to select and revise a piece to publish; title: Ending with feelings; title: Writers make their pieces beautiful to get ready for publication; title: A final celebration : bringing true stories to life.