Looking for a great mentor text to use with your students so you can lift the level of their narrative writing? If so, then all you need is this craft table and a copy of Meredith Boelts' Book THOSE SHOES, and you're ready to have over ten successful writing conferences with your students. I've dissected Boelts' Book and have created wordy teaching points so you can truly help your students to see what craft moves Boelts made (at least, the ones I think she made) and how they can do the same thing as a writer.
Say goodbye to the days of "Good writers show, they don't tell," and say hello to the days of using precise language to really help students understand what crafting strategies, like "show don't tell" really mean.
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FABULOUS IDEAS! Thanks for sharing!!
June 17, 2010
This is fantastic! Thanks for doing the work for us by highlighting specific teaching points and craft moves in this great text!
October 27, 2008
I give mine away for free, this is wonderful. I think I will sell the next one instead of giving it away. LOL
August 4, 2008
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I'm a fourth grade teacher in Rhode Island. Before moving to Rhode Island, I taught fifth grade for three years in the NYC Public School System. (I also taught religious school classes to 3rd and 4th grade students.) LAST YEAR, I... -started a blog called Two Writing Teachers where we blog about the teaching of writing. -obtained a second master's degree in Literacy from Teachers College (Columbia University). -published a book with my students, which you can learn more about by going to www.theextendeddaygirls.com.
