1st Edition

Writing Strategies for Talent Development From Struggling to Gifted Learners, Grades 3–8

By Jennifer Gottschalk Copyright 2021
236 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Eye On Education

236 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Eye On Education

236 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Eye On Education

Writing Strategies for Talent Development  helps educators incorporate effective and engaging writing strategies into their classroom that are designed to reach struggling and gifted students alike. This guide demonstrates how teachers can provide the means to write (with appropriate tools and classroom structures), the motivation to write (through engaging genre-based lessons), and the... Read more

Section I: The Means to Write  1. Writer’s Tools  2. Writing Community  Section II: The Motivation to Write - Write What You Want to Read  3. Fantasy, Crime, and Science Fiction  4. Humor, Horror, and Romance  5. Sports, Historical, and Realistic Contemporary  6. Fan Fiction: The Super Sneaky and Extra Fun Way to Prepare for Narrative Assessment Tasks  7. Based on a True Story: Narrative Nonfiction  8. Use the Narrative Toolbox to Win Arguments  9. Write What You Want to Learn: Interest-Based Technical Writing  Section III: The Opportunity to Write  10. Writing Minutes Versus School Schedules  11. Revision, Sharing, and Publishing  12. Identifying Gifted Writers 

Biography

Jennifer Gottschalk writes, talks about writing, and thinks about writing every day. Over the past 20 years in education, Jennifer has worked with students in Grades 2–12. During the school year she can be found co-planning, co-teaching, or demo teaching writing lessons in classrooms across the Denver metro area.