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=Genre Studies: Craft, Purpose, & Form in Non-fiction=

Writing Workshop
Mini-lesson Students Should Read More Non-Fiction Writing Time Response Groups

Classtime
Mini-lesson: What can we learn about craft from nonfiction? Teaching nonfiction writing: rationale and resources ReadWriteThink

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Homework
Read Fletcher, Ch. 5 Read Johnston, Ch. 1 Listenmedia type="custom" key="5339937" align="left" to Mark Overmyer & Patrick Allen

Professional Response 3 due by Saturday, February 20, 2010. You are welcome to respond to any of the readings, discussions, and activities that have taken place over the past couple of weeks. If you need more direction, here are some possibilities: 1) The role of mentor texts in teaching writing 2) The role of response in the writing community 3) Conferring and teacher talk 4) Examining craft in writing 5) Do teachers need mentor text, too? 6) What student writing teaches us Just a few ideas--but your thinking comes first. Guidelines: 500-1,000 words...Remember to ask compelling questions, synthesize, and give your readers the "so what?" of your response. References too, please.