Writing about Reading: From Book Talk to Literary Essays, Grades 3-8

by Janet Angelillo

Janet Angelillo introduces us to an entirely new way of thinking about writing about reading. She shows us how to teach students to manage all the thinking and questioning that precedes their putting pen to paper. More than that, she offers us smarter ways to have students write about their reading that can last them a lifetime. She demonstrates how students' responses to reading can start in a notebook, in conversation, or in a read aloud lead...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0325005788
• ISBN13: 9780325005782
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.4" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 8

Customer Reviews

Writing about Reading

This is fantastic... a must read for teachers of writing. Very informative with ideas that can be implemented immediately in the classroom!