PART I. BUILDING STRONG READERS AND WRITERS LESSON 1. RESPONDING TO READING LESSON 2. WRITING FICTION FOR READERS LESSON 3. WRITING ESSAYS ABOUT THE MORAL FABLE THEMES 1-10 PART II. ASSESSING STRONG READERS AND WRITERS LESSON 4. WRITING ANSWERS TO COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS LESSON 5. WRITING ANSWERS ABOUT THE AUTHOR'S CRAFT FABLE THEMES 11-20 PART III. USING NONTRADITIONAL FORMATS LESSON 6. THE QA12345 DIALOGUE LESSON 7. INFOSHOT (CUBING): SHOW WHAT YOU KNOW LESSON 8. BA-DA-BING LESSON 9. THREE-THINGS RESPONSE LESSON 10. ONE-LINERS FABLE THEMES 21-30
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A popular workshop presenter and winner of NCTE's James Moffett Award in 2010, Gretchen Bernabei has been teaching kids to write in middle school and high school classrooms for more than thirty years. In addition to four other professional books and numerous articles for NCTE journals, she is the author of National Geographic School Publications' The Good Writer's Kit, as well as Lightning in a Bottle, a CD of visual writing prompts. With more than 30 years in education, Jayne Hover has taught elementary, middle, and high school and been an administrator in several roles. She loves helping kids develop confidence through writing and has been instrumental in improving scores drastically on state-mandated tests. Jayne is a co-author of Crunchtime (2009, Heinemann), Text Structures from Nursery Rhymes (2018, Corwin), and Text Structures and Fables, Teaching Students to Write About What They Read (2023, Corwin). She lives near San Antonio, Texas and enjoys spending time with her husband, Jim.