2007 / 272pp / $25.00 978-0-325-00947-6 / 0-325-00947-3

A Handbook of Essential Skills and Strategies

by Jenny Mechem BenderForeword by Lucy Calkins

The Resourceful Writing Teacher answers the need for a handbook on not only how to teach writing well but also what skills students need and a repertoire of strategies they can use to acquire them. Drawing on her own practice as well as the work of seminal influences, Jenny Mechem Bender presents a hands-on reference for maximizing every minute of writing instruction you have. Working through essential teaching points for writing narratives, writing non-narrative pieces, and using conventions, The

Resourceful Writing Teacher forms an instructional blueprint that addresses the crucial skills writers need. Bender’s ideas help students develop multiple strategies for internalizing skills such as: finding topics showing not telling writing leads and endings gathering information spelling and punctuating editing. With detailed instructional practices and a menu of essential skills and strategies to teach, The Resourceful Writing Teacher is the one-stop guide that streamlines instruction and gives students what they need for success in writing.

This book will be a cherished teaching companion for every teacher lucky enough to hold it.

—Lucy Calkins

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Getting StartedThe Reading-Writing Workshop, Grades 4–8Linda ELLis and JamiE marsh

2007 / 192pp / $21.00 978-0-325-00998-8 / 0-325-00998-8

Workshop teaching is simple, research based, and rewarding for you and your students. It can

be launched by middle-level teachers in any type of classroom, and Getting Started presents

strategies for planning, organizing, teaching, and reflecting that make the workshop so effective.

It provides smart, practical advice about working with readers and writers of varying levels—

including struggling students—differentiating your instruction to support everyone’s needs, and

helping diverse groups of children move toward a single classroom-wide goal of improved literacy.

The No-Nonsense Guide to Teaching WritingStrategies, Structures, and SolutionsJudy davis and sharon E. hiLL ForEword by shELLEy harwaynE aFtErword by Jacqui GEtz

2003 / 272pp / $28.00 978-0-325-00521-8 / 0-325-00521-4

Filling their book with specific how-to details, Judy Davis and Sharon Hill describe the organization of a successful yearlong writing workshop centered on writing cycles and the writing notebook. They help teachers prepare tools, address management issues, get the work started, and build momentum as students increase their understanding of good writing practice. Their companion website, http://www.heinemann.com/davis-hill, offers forms, reproducibles, and additional student samples.

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About the Author

Jenny Mechem Bender taught both 2nd grade and 7th grade literacy

in New York City public schools. For the past several years, she has

been a staff developer with the Teachers College Reading and Writing

Project, where she works with teachers in K–8 classrooms, helping

them acquire and hone the skills they need to lead effective reading

and writing workshops. Jenny also trains literacy coaches and leads

workshops and study groups for educators around the country.

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