Teaching Writing Skills with Children's Literature

Twenty well-known children’s books become models to teach primary and elementary students expository and narrative writing skills. Children learn about brainstorming, focus, organization, elaboration, and writing conventions with readily available, quality children’s literature.
Best of all, the authors take you step-by-step through each part of the writing workshop mini-lesson: from building background and introducing the book and the author, through reading aloud, discussion, modeling the skill, to quiet writing/conference time, and sharing. A primary and intermediate level lesson for each selection make it easy to match each mini-lesson with the readiness levels of your students. Even the charts you need are done for you. Build skill mastery by using the mini-lessons in the order they are presented, or pick and choose to suit your own program. Versatile, complete, and ready to use!