Reading for Writing: Modeling the Modern Essay

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 19.01.02

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Background
  3. Unit Content
  4. Teaching Strategies
  5. Classroom Activities
  6. Appendix:Implementing District Standards
  7. Resources
  8. Endnotes

Pen to Paper with Alexander: The Writing Process for No Good, Very Bad Days

LaKendra Trichell Butler

Published September 2019

Tools for this Unit:

Resources

Bibliography for Teachers

Anderson, Carl. A Teachers Guide to Writing Conferences. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2018.

Fletcher, Ralph J., and JoAnn Portalupi. Writing Workshop: The Essential Guide. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Fletcher, Ralph J. The Writing Teacher’s Companion: Embracing Choice, Voice, Purpose & Play. New York, NY: Scholastic, 2017.

Goldthwaite, Melissa A., Joseph Bizup, John C. Brereton, Anne E. Fernald, and Linda H. Peterson. The Norton Reader: An Anthology of Nonfiction. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.

Wagstaff, Janiel M. Quick Start to Writing Workshop Success: Easy and Effective Ways to Launch Your Writing Workshop-and Keep It Running Smoothly All Year Long!New York: Scholastic, 2011.

Zinsser, William. On Writing Well. Harper Paperbacks, 2013.

Student Mentor Texts

Brinckloe, Julie. Fire Flies! New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, 1986.

Daywalt, Drew, and Oliver Jeffers. The Day the Crayons Quit. London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, 2016.

Frazee, Marla/ Frazee Marla (ILT). Roller Coaster. Live Oak Media, 2011.

Graham, Bob, Kellie Quinn, Asa Dorfman, and Wayne Abravanel. Let’s Get a Pup!, Said Kate. United States: Spoken Arts, 2003.

Hanlon, Abigail. Ralph Tells a Story. New York: Marshall Cavendish Children, 2012.

Henkes, Kevin. Owen. Halifax, N.S.: Atlantic Provinces Education Authority Resource Centre for the Visually Impaired, 2010.

Manning, Maurie. Kitchen Dance. New York: Scholastic, 2010.

Polacco, Patricia. Thunder Cake. Boston: National Braille Press, 2013.

Pulver, Robin, and Lynn Rowe Reed. Punctuation Takes a Vacation. New York: Holiday House, 2009.

Rylant, Cynthia, and Stephen Gammell. The Relatives Came. Place of Publication Not Identified: Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books, 2001.

Scillian, Devin, and Tim Bowers. Memoirs of a Goldfish. New York: Scholastic, 2011.

Viorst, Judith. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Abbotsford, British Columbia: Braille Superstore, 2015.

Williams, Vera B. A Chair for My Mother. Halifax, Nova Scotia: Atlantic Provinces Special Education Authority, Library, 2015.

Yolen, Jane. Owl Moon. Winnipeg: Manitoba Education and Learning, Alternate Formats Library, 2015.

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