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Wondrous words : writers and writing in the elementary classroom
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Wondrous words : writers and writing in the elementary classroom

Author: Katie Wood Ray
Publisher: Urbana, Ill. : National Council of Teachers of English, ©1999.
Edition/Format:   Book : English
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Examines the theoretical underpinnings of how students learn to write from reading other writers; describes various kinds of inquiry designed to help teachers and students learn how to learn from writers; and includes thoughts from the author on writing and teaching, as well as a selection of resource materials.
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Ray, Katie Wood, 1964-
Wondrous words.
Urbana, Ill. : National Council of Teachers of English, c1999
(OCoLC)622400377
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Katie Wood Ray
ISBN: 0814158161 9780814158166
OCLC Number: 41380553
Notes: "NCTE Stock Number: 58161"--T.p. verso.
Description: x, 317 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Reading like writers --
The craft of writing --
Envisioning text possibilities --
Reading aloud: filling the room with the sound of wondrous words --
Studying writers' office work: powerful writing begins long before the draft --
Organized inquiry: teaching students to read like writers --
An invitation to my library : the craft of art structure --
Another invitation to my library: ways with words --
Selecting books for craft study --
Growing taller in our teaching --
Planning for the workshop: writers learn from writers --
Focus lessons: filling the writing workshop with craft possibilities --
Brave, bold teaching: the power of suggestive writing conferences --
Assessment that focuses our eyes on craft --
Never to teach alone again.
Responsibility: Katie Wood Ray.

Abstract:

Examines the theoretical underpinnings of how students learn to write from reading other writers; describes various kinds of inquiry designed to help teachers and students learn how to learn from writers; and includes thoughts from the author on writing and teaching, as well as a selection of resource materials.

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