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Re: Writing Workshop AND 6 Traits together/Thanks
Posted by Kathy on 7/23/08
I've checked into a couple of your resources and have ordered some,
thanks so much for sharing.
On 7/12/08, cjf wrote:
> On 7/11/08, Kathy wrote:
>> Do you have any suggestions for poetry to read in the 3rd
>> grade?
>
> A few EXCELLENT books that will be helpful in planning your study
> of poetry.
> "Awakening the Heart: Exploring Poetry in the Elem. and Middle
> School" Georgia Heard (The ideas will work K-8 and can be used for
> the entire year)
> "Conversations with a Poet: Inviting Poetry into K-12 Classroom"
> Betsy Franco
> "Kids' Poems: Teaching 3rd and 4th Graders to Love Writing Poetry"
> Regie Routman (She has also written books for K, 1, and 2. This is
> a great resource because she has the mini-lesson and samples of
> students' work).
> "Poetry Matters: Writing a Poem from the Inside Out" Ralph Fletcher
>
> I use only free verse for my writing instruction because students
> struggle finding that rhyming word and ruin many a good poems with
> a ridiculous word that rhymes. I do have rhyming poetry books in my
> classroom library for students to read, but I don't use them for my
> writing workshop mini-lessons.
>
> Some of my favorite poets for free verse are:
> Ralph Fletcher, Paul Fleischman (poetry for 2 or more voices,
> students love writing this poetry after reading his poems), Donald
> Graves, **Kristine O'Connell George , Georgia Heard, Langston
> Hughes,Walter Dean Myers, Naomi Shihab Nye, Jack Prelutsky (If Not
> For the Cat), Marilyn Singer, Mattie J.T. Stepanek, **James
> Stevenson, Janet S. Wong, **Valerie Worth, Jane Yolen,
>
> These are just a few of my absolute favorites**.
>
> I spend the first 2-3 weeks of school setting up my writer's
> workshop and launching their notebooks. I share a lot of literature
> and get them jotting down thoughts, ideas, and drafts. Then I spend
> about 6 weeks with reading, discussing and writing poetry. When we
> move into writing memoirs they have pages filled in their notebooks
> to draw from and they believe they are writers=).
> You are probably wondering where the 6 traits come in. I train my
> students to read like writers, so we always use literature we've
> read to explore the author's craft and that's when the 6 traits
> language comes in. During my mini-lesson using one of Valerie
> Worth's poems we might examine the organization (use of line breaks
> and white space). Students then practice that craft with one of
> their own poems.
> I present 2-day workshops on poetry/6 traits connection, so it's
> hard to describe it here. I hope this helps you get a start. You
> really can't go wrong if you are using the lang. of 6 traits and
> letting your kids write everyday.
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Writing Workshop AND 6 Traits together, 6/26/08, by Stacy.
- Re: Writing Workshop AND 6 Traits together, 6/27/08, by cjf.
- Re: Writing Workshop AND 6 Traits together, 6/28/08, by Lori C.
- Re: Writing Workshop AND 6 Traits together, 6/29/08, by ms.p-w.
- Re: Writing Workshop AND 6 Traits together, 6/30/08, by Bev.
- Re: Writing Workshop AND 6 Traits together, 7/01/08, by ms.p-w.
- Re: Writing Workshop AND 6 Traits together, 7/01/08, by Bev.
- Re: Writing Workshop AND 6 Traits together, 7/11/08, by Kathy.
- Re: Writing Workshop AND 6 Traits together, 7/12/08, by cjf.
- Re: Writing Workshop AND 6 Traits together/Thanks, 7/23/08, by Kathy.
- Re: Writing Workshop AND 6 Traits together, 8/28/08, by Sheila.
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