1st Edition
Writing Thief Using Mentor Texts to Teach the Craft of Writing
By Ruth Culham
Copyright 2016
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
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'Mediocre writers borrow. Great writers steal.' --T.S. Eliot Writing thieves read widely, dive deeply into texts, and steal bits and pieces from great texts as models for their own writing. Author Ruth Culham admits to being a writing thief - and she wants you and your students to become writing thieves, too!
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Chapter 1: Time to Rethink the Teaching of Writing; Chapter 2: The Power of Mentor Texts for Writing; Chapter 3: Informational Writing; Chapter 4: Narrative Writing; Chapter 5: Argument Writing; Epilogue
Biography
Ruth Culham, Ed.D, a pioneering researcher of the traits writing model, is a former Montana Teacher of the Year, current president of Culham Writing Company, an avid reader of children’s books, and a long-time writing thief.
