1st Edition

No More "How Long Does it Have to Be?" Fostering Independent Writers in Grades 3-8

By Jennifer Jacobson Copyright 2018
154 Pages
by Routledge

154 Pages
by Routledge

In No More How Long Does it Have to Be?: Fostering Independent Writers in Grades 3-8 , author Jennifer Jacobson provides the inspiration and tools to shift from a teacher-directed writing program to a student-propelled workshop model. Drawing on a wealth of Writer's Workshop experience in upper elementary and middle school classrooms, Jacobson provides strategies to help you engage and support... Read more

1. Planning for Independence  2. Routines to Support Independent Writers  3. Routines to Support Independent Writers  4. Launching a Narrative Unit  5. Launching an Informative Unit  6. Launching a Unit on Persuasive Writing or Argument  7. These Are Not Endings

Biography

Jennifer Richard Jacobson is a writer and long-time literacy consultant providing instruction in Writer’s Workshop for school districts across the country. She is the author of No More “I’m Done!” Fostering Independent Writers in the Primary Grades and many children’s books including the award-winning Small as an Elephant and Paper Things. Jennifer received her B.S. in early childhood education from Lesley College and her M.Ed. from Harvard Graduate School of Education. To learn more about her and her work, visit her website at www.jenniferjacobson.com.