Text Structures and Fables: Teaching Students to Write About What They Read, Grades 3-12 (Corwin Literacy)

Review\n"These lessons help! When students have a choice, it allows them to answer a question based on the information that they know, and not based on what they think a teacher wants to hear." -- Ida Ferrazzano Published On: 2022-08-15\n"What is beautiful about using these text structures to respond to text is that students go back into the text to support their thinking. This is what we want. We sat them to support their responses with evidence from the text. This makes it easy." -- Malene Golding ― Education Consultant and Adjunct Professor at University of Houston - Clear Lake Published On: 2022-08-15\n"The results of using text structures? Miraculous!" -- Sheryl Stewart ― Grade 9 Teacher, A&M Consolidated High School Published On: 2022-08-15\n"One of the things I appreciate most is that these lessons will prepare students for the tests without the typical test-prep materials." -- Dawn Lyssy ― Director of Elementary Instruction, Pearland ISD Published On: 2022-08-15\nState tests are assessing reading and writing together―Are you ready?
The heat is on―state tests now assess reading and writing together. And that’s a good thing, but we’ve got some catching up to do in developing students’ facility with written response. With Text Structures and Fables, Gretchen Bernabei and Jayne Hover share lessons and short texts to use right away. They harness the inviting format of fables to teach many ways to respond to texts in any genre. Students will learn easy structures for: Answering comprehension questions Connecting theme or moral to self or world Answering questions about author’s craft Showcasing thinking in non-traditional formats such as graphics
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