Writing from scratch : lesson plans to boost your classroom writing instruction /
Anderson, Shannon, 1972-
Writing from scratch : lesson plans to boost your classroom writing instruction / Shannon Anderson. - xiii, 208 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes index.
Preheating the oven -- Purposeful planning -- Main ingredients in writing -- Recipes for reviewing -- Generating ideas -- Generating focused topics -- Adding idea : elaboration techniques -- Organization -- Organizing fiction writing -- Developing characters -- Organizing information writing -- Playing with structures -- Word choice -- Using figurative language devices -- Adding humor -- Making it flow -- Emotion -- Grammar and editing -- Revising -- Assessment -- Creative writing exercise -- Poetry Other writing forms -- Other writing forms -- End-of-year publishing project.
"Writing from Scratch will boost educators' confidence in teaching writing through practical and engaging strategies in a positive, encouraging tone. Anderson presents specific, skill-based lessons through a running theme of baking and cooking. Each lesson, or "recipe," will help teachers serve up effective instruction on writing, covering a range of topics including idea generation, figurative language, plotting, and structure. The book is designed not just to develop student writing, but to develop students as writers. It offers ideas on how to teach writing through experiences and guidance for planning a year-long curriculum."--
9781394280995
2024045071
English language--Composition and exercises--Study and teaching (Elementary)
Lesson planning.
LB1576 / .A6195 2025
372.623044 / An231w
Writing from scratch : lesson plans to boost your classroom writing instruction / Shannon Anderson. - xiii, 208 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes index.
Preheating the oven -- Purposeful planning -- Main ingredients in writing -- Recipes for reviewing -- Generating ideas -- Generating focused topics -- Adding idea : elaboration techniques -- Organization -- Organizing fiction writing -- Developing characters -- Organizing information writing -- Playing with structures -- Word choice -- Using figurative language devices -- Adding humor -- Making it flow -- Emotion -- Grammar and editing -- Revising -- Assessment -- Creative writing exercise -- Poetry Other writing forms -- Other writing forms -- End-of-year publishing project.
"Writing from Scratch will boost educators' confidence in teaching writing through practical and engaging strategies in a positive, encouraging tone. Anderson presents specific, skill-based lessons through a running theme of baking and cooking. Each lesson, or "recipe," will help teachers serve up effective instruction on writing, covering a range of topics including idea generation, figurative language, plotting, and structure. The book is designed not just to develop student writing, but to develop students as writers. It offers ideas on how to teach writing through experiences and guidance for planning a year-long curriculum."--
9781394280995
2024045071
English language--Composition and exercises--Study and teaching (Elementary)
Lesson planning.
LB1576 / .A6195 2025
372.623044 / An231w