Fun-Size Academic Writing for Serious Learning by Gretchen Bernabei

Fun-Size Academic Writing for Serious Learning by Gretchen Bernabei

Gretchen Bernabei and Judi Reimer present 95 craft lessons based on real student essays.

"Here is what I love about this book:  It has gobs and gobs of student writing samples with smart and lively explanations of how to use each as the focus of a craft lesson to teach writingThe right models of student writing are the best mentor texts a teacher can find and with this book, you need look no further. . . . Breathe, fellow writing teachers.  Much needed and wanted help has arrived."

-- Ruth Culham, Author of Traits Writing

"Gretchen Bernabei is a wizard. In this book she provides wonderfully practical help for instruction in narrative, expository, and argumentative writing.  And like all her work, it rests on a dynamic sense of ‘structure’.  At a time when writing instruction is becoming increasingly formulaic, Gretchen continues to show the wealth of options students can have for developing their ideas and expanding on their experiences."  

-- Thomas R. Newkirk, Author of Holding On to Good Ideas in a Time of Bad Ones
"Gretchen Bernabei has done it again--only better. Fun-Size Academic Writing for Serious Learning plops us down in the middle of the disheveled process of writing and gives us concrete ways to navigate through. This book stands apart in two ways. First, it gives us myriad unpublished mentor texts written by students with diverse abilities and backgrounds. Second, its a la carte format makes it a perfect resource from which teachers can cull lessons." -- Kay Shurtleff, President

"Once again, Gretchen Bernabei weaves together masterful, concrete strategies with powerful student examples. Gretchen provides text structures and student models to move authentic writing beyond traditional formulas. This book is a must read/must try for all ELA teachers."

-- P. Tim Martindell, Ed.D, President-Elect
"The good news is that the book you hold in your hand is a lifeline to real writing instruction. Based on careful observation of wonderfully varied student writing, grades 4-9, and organized around the genres of the Common Core Standards, Fun-Sized Academic Writing is the best book I know for giving students a fun-sized suit that fits their true voices as writers and thinkers." -- Barry Lane, Founder

A popular workshop presenter and winner of NCTE’s James Moffett Award in 2010, Gretchen Bernabei has been teaching kids to write in middle school and high school classrooms for more than thirty years. In addition to four other professional books and numerous articles for NCTE journals, she is the author of National Geographic School Publications’ The Good Writer’s Kit, as well as Lightning in a Bottle, a CD of visual writing prompts. Judi Reimer taught fourth grade in San Antonio, Texas, for seventeen years and continues to advise students and school districts. She has worked as a freelance writer, contributing columns and features for Parents, Ladies’ Home Journal, and other national magazines. Judi has also written articles for Studies Weekly classroom publications and has been a freelance writer for American Legacy Publishing.

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ISBN 13	9781452268613
ISBN 10	1452268614
Title	Fun-Size Academic Writing for Serious Learning
Author	Gretchen Bernabei
Series	Corwin Literacy
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	SAGE Publications Inc
Year published	2013-09-03
Number of pages	264
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.