| Writing about Reading: From Book Talk to Literary Essays, Grades 3-8 Contributor(s): Angelillo, Janet (Author) |
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ISBN: 0325005788 ISBN-13: 9780325005782 Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books OUR PRICE: $32.68 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2003 Annotation: "Want to know how to teach students to think and write powerfully about texts? Read this remarkable book now. You'll be glad you did." - Carl Anderson, author of "How's It Going?" "What sets "Writing About Reading "apart is that Janet Angelillo shows us how to move children beyond the rich conversations and unpolished writing they do to capture their thinking, and into clear, articulate writing about their thinking about reading." - Katie Wood Ray, author of "What You Know by Heart" "This must-have book will enable teachers to develop their students' ability to use authentic writing tasks to deepen what they know and understand about their reading." - Laura Robb, author of "Literacy Links" and "Redefining Staff Development" Janet Angelillo introduces us to an entirely new way of thinking about writing about reading. She shows us how to teach students to manage all the thinking and questioning that precedes their putting pen to paper. More than that, she offers us smarter ways to have students write about their reading that can last them a lifetime. She demonstrates how students' responses to reading can start in a notebook, in conversation, or in a read aloud lead to thinking guided by literary criticism reflect deeper text analysis and honest writing processes result in a variety of popular genres--book reviews, author profiles, commentaries, editorials, and the literary essay. She even includes tools for teaching - day-by-day units of study, teaching points, a sample minilesson, and lots of student examples - plus chapters on yearlong planning and assessment. s Ensure that your students will be readers and writers long after they leave you. Get them enthused and empowered touse whatever they read - facts, statistics, the latest book - as fuel for writing in school and in their working lives. Read Angelillo. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Essays - Education | Elementary - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading & Phonics |
| Dewey: 372.623 |
| LCCN: 2003014223 |
| Physical Information: 0.33" H x 7.38" W x 9.3" (0.63 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Janet Angelillo introduces us to an entirely new way of thinking about writing about reading. She shows us how to teach students to manage all the thinking and questioning that precedes their putting pen to paper. More than that, she offers us smarter ways to have students write about their reading that can last them a lifetime. She demonstrates how students' responses to reading can
Ensure that your students will be readers and writers long after they leave you. Get them enthused and empowered to use whatever they read-facts, statistics, the latest book--as fuel for writing in school and in their working lives. Read Angelillo. |
Contributor Bio(s): Angelillo, Janet: - Janet Angelillo is the author of the Heinemann titles Whole-Class Teaching (2008), Writing to the Prompt (2005), and Writing About Reading (2003). She also wrote A Fresh Approach to Teaching Punctuation (2002) and Making Revision Matter (2005). A middle and upper grades classroom teacher for years, Janet is a literacy consultant who has worked throughout the U.S. and Canada. She was a senior staff developer for the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project and worked beside teachers in New York city schools. Janet has taught advanced sections and given keynote addresses at the Teachers College Summer Institutes and other institutes around the country. She has also presented at many conferences, including NCTE, IRA, and the New York State, Connecticut, and Delaware Reading Associations. |