1st Edition
Of Primary Importance What's Essential in Teaching Young Writers
By Ann M. Corgill
Copyright 2008
236 Pages
by
Routledge
236 Pages
by
Routledge
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From the first chapter of Ann Marie Corgills Of Primary Importance: What's Essential in Teaching Young Writers, you experience the swirling energy, the sights, and the sounds of a primary classroom. Forming the heart of the book are detailed units of study on poetry, nonfiction, and fiction writing that provide a clear demonstration of the writing workshop process at work throughout a school... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1: What's Essential in Teaching Young Writers?; Chapter 2: Writers Will Live Up to What You Expect of Them; Chapter 3: Designing the Learning Landscape; Chapter 4: Planning Instruction for the Writing Journey; Chapter 5: Establishing the Writing Community; Chapter 6: From Ordinary to Extraordinary; Chapter 7: Inquiring Minds Want to Know; Chapter 8: Picture This; Chapter 9: Publishing Possibilities; Chapter 10: Conclusion
Biography
The 2007 recipient of the NCTE Donald H. Graves Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Writing, Ann Marie Corgill teaches first grade at Riverchase Elementary School in Hoover, Alabama. She is a National Board Certified Teacher, and for the past fifteen years has taught and learned with first through fourth graders at the Manhattan New School in New York City, as well as schools in Birmingham, Alabama, and Bronxville, New York. She has coauthored articles for NCTE’s journal, Primary Voices, and has been a teacher contributor for Time For Kids. Ann Marie presents at both national and local conferences on writing instruction in the primary grades.
"A piece of work that will have a tremendous impact on the field of literacy education" - Education Review
