The Write Thing: Kwame Alexander Engages Students in Writing Workshop
Item 100751
Grade K-12
ISBN 9781493888429
Language English
Imagine having a Newbery Medal-winning author in your classroom as a coach, an advisor, and a friend, giving you personal and practical advice on how to teach writing workshop in the 21st century classroom. With The Write Thing, you can do just that! Kwame Alexander is the New York Times-bestselling author of The Crossover. With more than 10 years of experience conducting writing workshops in schools, Alexander shows how to shake up the traditional" writing workshop and make writing fun again! His magnetic personality, contagious enthusiasm, and pure love of teaching come through to affect-and infect!-all students. Even the most reluctant writers will be motivated to write and encouraged to share their voices with others!
Part how-to and part inspiration, The Write Thing teaches you in step-by-step specificity how to move students from ideas, to drafts, to finished products, to published works. Not only will you successfully motivate your students to write, you'll take that motivation one step further by providing guidance on how to create student-driven publications of their work. When students write for a real purpose, the confidence they achieve when they see their writing legitimately published will be off the charts!
The book has three parts: Writing, Publishing, and Presenting.Writing features Lessons in Action that teach students to produce writing that is worthy of being published. With a focus on poetry, Alexander's writing workshop uniquely meets the needs of reluctant writers.Publishing focuses on how to prepare and print digital and physical copies of students' work. Presenting offers suggestions to help students confidently present their poetry and other written pieces.
With an insightful foreword by author Kylene Beers, other exciting features include Kwame Time! videos for both teachers and students that bring Alexander into the classroom. Kwame's Quick Tips feature easy-to-implement ideas that have worked for Alexander, and Solo Acts include success stories from teachers who have used his proven techniques. With a Balanced Literacy approach, The Write Thing is an indispensable resource that invigorates the writing workshop not just for students, but for teachers as well.
"Limited Time Offer
Apply Promo Code: SAVE10 to get 10% discount on all of the products in your Cart on the Teachers Site.
If your Cart is above $100, apply Promo Code: SAVE20 and receive 20% discount!
You might also like
Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching and Learning (Second Edition) Audiobook
Item:100431
Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching and Learning (Second Edition) Audiobook
Narrated by Dr. Sharroky Hollie, this abridged audiobook provides novice and experienced educators with a pedagogical framework for implementing culturally and linguistically responsive strategies in today's diverse classrooms.
Item Number:100431
ISBN:9781493884872
Clothesline Math: The Master Number Sense Maker
Implement Clothesline Math and teach number sense in K-12 classrooms! This essential resource includes the materials that teachers need to conduct Clothesline Math lessons, and techniques for effectively facilitating the ensuing mathematical discourse.
Item Number:100444
ISBN:9781493885145
Integrated English Language Development
This powerful resource defines and supports the implementation of Integrated English Language Development (I-ELD) and provides research-based instructional strategies to immerse students in content while promoting oral and written language development.
Item Number:100742
ISBN:9781493888313
Creating Social and Emotional Learning Environments
This resource defines social and emotional learning and digs into the real work of incorporating SEL in K-12 schools. It makes the connection between research and practical application through real-life examples and testimonials of SEL in the classroom.
Item Number:100743
ISBN:9781493888320
Guided Math: A Framework for Mathematics Instruction Second Edition
This 2nd edition takes an innovative approach to mathematics, using the same teaching philosophies as guided reading. This instructional framework provides an environment for math that fosters mathematical thinking and meets the needs of all students.
Item Number:102116
ISBN:9781642903768
Assessing Comprehension Thinking Strategies ebook
This book offers a unique way of assessing how students use thinking strategies to comprehend text and features four reading passages for each grade level (1-8) that offer high-interest fiction and nonfiction text.
Item Number:10404E
ISBN:9781425892623
Extra Info:eBook
Using Primary Sources in the Classroom, 2nd Edition
Turn your classrooms into primary source learning environments! With more than 100 digital primary sources, fun activities, and model lesson plans, this resource contains everything needed to successfully teach with primary sources.
Item Number:111072
ISBN:9781644918968
Extra Info:2nd Edition
Building Vocabulary with Greek and Latin Roots: A Professional Guide to Word Knowledge and Vocabulary Dev…
Item:111733
Building Vocabulary with Greek and Latin Roots: A Professional Guide to Word Knowledge and Vocabulary Development
This teacher-friendly, 2nd edition resource provides the latest research on how to teach Greek and Latin roots. It includes strategies for improving comprehension, planning instructional routines, and building a word-rich learning environment.
Item Number:111733
ISBN:9780743916431
Idioms and Other English Expressions Grades 4-6 ebook
Introduce idioms and effectively incorporate them into your language and writing instruction. The idioms and expressions included in this resource are provided within stories to provide contest to help all students, including English language learners.
Item Number:50159E
ISBN:9781425892982
Extra Info:eBook
The 5Es of Inquiry-Based Science
Create an active learning environment in grades K-12 using the 5E inquiry-based science model! Featuring a practical guide to implementing the 5E model of instruction, this resource clearly explains each E" in the 5E model of inquiry-based science."
Item Number:50689
ISBN:9781425806897
Integrating Technology into the Curriculum 2nd Edition
This updated, second edition resource provides teachers with classroom-tested ideas and resources to enhance instruction and help make the integration of technology into the classroom a seamless process.
Item Number:51192
ISBN:9781425811921
Extra Info:2nd Edition
Teaching Science Today 2nd Edition
Implement engaging science lessons into your classroom that will intrigue, motivate, and groom students to be scientifically literate with this second edition book.
Item Number:51209
ISBN:9781425812096
Extra Info:2nd Edition
Product reviews
In this section you can find reviews from our customers, or you can add your own review for this particular product.
Customer reviews help other visitors to read feedback from users who have already purchased and are using TCM’s products.
Tara B.
Aug. 15, 2018
Excellent!! I LOVE everything about this book! It's filled with tips, resources, and ideas for lessons. I cannot wait to use this book to its fullest extent! Thank you!!
Katherine M.
Aug. 8, 2018
The Write Thing is dynamic, interesting, and fun to read. Kwame Alexander ‘s personality and knowledge about writing comes through in the tips and descriptions. I enjoyed the new ideas …