Reading with Writing in Mind : A Guide for Middle and High School Educators.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Reading to Improve Student Writing -- Activity 1.1: Take Time to Notice-Looking and Learning -- Activity 1.2: Take Time to Notice-An Artist's Choices -- Activity 1.3: Take Time to Notice-Comparison of Two Works of Art -- Activity 1.4: Noticing the Writer's Choices-Reading Poems -- Activity 1.5: Noticing the Writer's Choices-Reading Fiction -- Activity 1.6: Noticing the Writer's Choices-Reading Nonfiction -- Activity 1.7: Determining Connotation vs. Denotation-Taking theTemperature of Words -- Activity 1.8: Identifying Three Kinds of Questions -- Activity 1.9: Using the I-Search Paper -- 2 Reading and Writing in theContent Areas -- Activity 2.1: Using the SOAPSTone Strategy -- Activity 2.2: Role Playing -- Activity 2.3: Using Primary Documents -- Activity 2.4: Using Letters, Diaries, and Other Primary Sources -- Activity 2.5: Applying the Concept of Essential Questions in ContentAreas -- Activity 2.6: Implementing Socratic Seminars -- Activity 2.7: Reviewing the Textbook -- Activity 2.8: Journaling -- Activity 2.9: Authentic Content Area Writing -- 3 Developing Focus and Logic throughthe Essay -- Activity 3.1: How Meaning Is Constructed in E. B. White's "Once More tothe Lake" -- Activity 3.2: Form Supports Meaning -- Activity 3.3: Conversion of a Narrative to an Essay -- Activity 3.4: Finding Significance in Literature -- Activity 3.5: Brainstorming in Response to Essential Questions -- 4 Reading for Persuasive Writing -- Activity 4.1: Checklist for Close Reading -- Activity 4.2: The Face-Off -- Activity 4.3: The Scaffolded Oral Presentation -- Activity 4.4: Panel Discussion -- Activity 4.5: Staging the Trial -- Activity 4.6: Defending Preference -- 5 Learning to Write by Reading Poetry -- Activity 5.1: Less Is More -- Activity 5.2: "Found" Poetry -- Activity 5.3: From Prose to Poetry.

Activity 5.4: Playing with Meter -- Activity 5.5: Learning from e.e. cummings -- Activity 5.6: Poems Using Metaphor -- Activity 5.7: Letter Poem -- Activity 5.8: History and Poetry -- Activity 5.9: Songs as Poetry -- Activity 5:10: Inference -- 6 Providing Literacy Access to AllStudents -- 7 Reading and Reflecting on One's OwnWriting -- 8 Closing the Literacy Loop -- References -- About the Authors.

This book demonstrates effective teaching practices that facilitate all students' written language development and improve attitudes toward writing in grades 6 - 12. All teachers need to be involved in raising the literacy bar. This book provides practical and classroom-tested activities and strategies that promote success for all learners.

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