This page includes the student reader for the unit, as well as editable resources from the teacher manual: writing tasks, charts for discussion, forms and graphic organizers. All resources can be downloaded for implementation with students.

Table of Contents

Text Audio

Getting Started by Anne Lamott
For Authors, Fragile Ideas Need Loving Every Day by Walter Mosley
 
Amy Tan’s Lonely, ‘Pixel-by-Pixel’ Writing Method by Joe Fassler
Crafting Your Story by Ralph Fletcher

Writing Tasks

Title: Day 1 Showing, Not Telling

Title: Day 2 Showing, Not Telling

Title: Day 3 Showing, Not Telling

Title: Day 4 Showing, Not Telling

Title: Day 5 Showing, Not Telling

Title: S-19: Writing Project Proposal

Session 19

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Title: S-20: Setting Goals for Independent Writing

Session 20

 
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Charts for Discussion

Title: S-2: Interviewing Books

Session 2

Title: S-4: Beginning a New Book

Session 4

Title: S-4: Rules for Shared Reading

Session 4

Title: S-5: Rules for Independent Reading

Session 5

Title: S-6: What To Do Before Reading a Book In-Progress

Session 6

 

Title: S-6: Problems and Solutions

Session 6

Title: S-9: The Questions Readers Ask

Session 9

 

Title: S-10: Expectations for Independent Reading

Session 10

Title: S-11: What We Know About Book Recommendations

Session 11

Title: S-12: The Number of Genres in Which We Have Written

Session 12

Title: S-12: Ways to Begin Writing in a Particular Genre

Session 12

Title: S-16: Ralph Fletcher’s Advice for Crafting Your Story

Session 16

Title: S-18: What We Know About Writing

Session 18

Title: S-20: The Independent Writing Life

Session 20

Forms and Graphic Organizers

Title: S-2: Book Interview

Session 2

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Title: S-3: Book Pass

Session 3

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Title: S-4: What Kind of Text Is This?

Session 4

 
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Title: S-10: Goals for My Reading Life

Session 10

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Title: S-11: Book Recommendation

Session 11

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Title: S-11(A): Guideline Letter

Session 11(A)

Title: S-17: Online Writing Resources

Session 17

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Title: S-19: Getting Published

Session 19

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