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Resources: Books on Writing Instruction

The following is a compilation of suggested reading from planning partners and participants of the 2006 The Indiana Writing Summit: "The Neglected R."

Classroom Books on Writing Instruction  
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Anderson, Carl.
How’s It Going?: A Practical Guide to Conferring with Student Writers. Portsmouth , NH : Heinemann, 2000.
Anderson, Carl.
Assessing Writers. Portsmouth , NH : Heinemann, 2005.
Angelillo, Janet.
Writing to the Prompt: When Students Don't Have a Choice. Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, 2005
Angelillo, Janet.
A Fresh Approach To Teaching Punctuation. Jefferson City, MO: Scholastic, 2002  
Angelillo, Janet.
Writing About Reading: From Book Talk to Literary Essays, Grades 3-8. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2003 
Angelillo, Janet.
Making Revision Matter: Strategies for Guiding Students to Focus, Organize, and Strengthen Their Writing Independently (Theory and Practice). Jefferson City, MO: Scholastic, 2005
Atwell, Nancie.
In the Middle: New Understandings about Writing, Reading, and Learning. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook: Heinemann. 1998.
Atwell, Nancie.
Naming the World: A Year of Poems and Lessons. Firsthand, 2005
Atwell, Nancie.
Coming to Know: Writing to Learn in the Intermediate Grades (Workshop Series) Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1989
Atwell, Nancie.
Lessons That Change Writers. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2002
Avery, Carol.
…And With a Light Touch. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2002
Bomer, Randy.
A Time for Meaning. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1995
Burke Jim.
Writing Reminders: Tools, Tips, and Techniques. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2003.
Burke Jim.
The English Teacher’s Companion: A Complete Guide to Classroom, Curriculum and the Profession. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook, 1999.
Calkins, Lucy.
The Art of Teaching Writing. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1986.
Calkins, Lucy.
Units of Study for Primary Writing. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. 2003.
Calkins, Lucy.
Units of Study for Grades 3-5. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2005.
Christenbury, Leila.
Making the Journey Being and Becoming a Teacher of English Language Arts. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook Heinemann, 2002.
Cruz, Colleen.
Independent Writing. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook Heinemann, 2004.
Culham, Ruth and Amanda Wheeler.
Writing to Prompts in the Trait-Based Classroom Literature Response, Prompts that Provide all the Elements Students Need to Start Writing: A Role, Audience, Format, Topic, and Strong Verb (R.A.F.T.S.). New York: Scholastic, 2003.
Daniels, Harvey.
Teaching the Best Practice Way, K-12. Portland ME: Stenhouse Publishing, 2002.
Davis, Judy and Sharon Hill.
The No-Nonsense Guide to Teaching Writing: Strategies, Structures, Solutions. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook Heinemann, 2003.
Fletcher, Ralph.
The Writer’s Notebook. New York, NY: Harper Collins, 1996.
Fletcher, Ralph.
Live Writing. New York, NY: Avon Books, 1999.
Fletcher, Ralph.
How Writers Work. New York, NY: Harper Collins, 2000.
Fletcher, Ralph.
Poetry Matters. New York, NY: Harper Collins, 2002.
Fletcher Ralph and JoAnn Portalupi.
What a Writer Needs. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1993.
Fletcher Ralph and JoAnn Portalupi.
Craft Lessons. Portland ME: Stenhouse Publishing, 1998.
Fletcher Ralph and JoAnn Portalupi.
Nonfiction Craft Lessons. Portland ME: Stenhouse Publishing, 2001
Fletcher Ralph and JoAnn Portalupi.
Writing Workshop. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook, 2001.
Fletcher Ralph and JoAnn Portalupi.
Teaching the Qualities of Writing. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2004.
Fountas, I.C., and G.S. Pinnell.
Guiding Readers and Writers 3-6. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2000.
Gere, Anne Ruggles, Leila Christenbury and Kelly Sassi.
Writing on Demand, Best Practices and Strategies for Success. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2005.
Graves, Donald.
A Fresh Look at Writing. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1994.
Harvey, Stephanie.
Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing, and Research in Grades 3-8. Portland ME: Stenhouse Publishing, 1998
Harwayne, Shelley.
Going Public. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. 1999.
Harwayne, Shelley.
Lifetime Guarantees: Toward Ambitious Literacy Teaching. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2000.
Harwayne, Shelley.
Writing Through Childhood: Rethinking Process and Product. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2001.
Heard, Georgia.
Awakening the Heart. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1998.
Heard, Georgia. The Revision Toolbox: Teaching Techniques That Work. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2002.
Hillocks, George Jr.
The Testing Trap: How State Writing Assessments Control Learning. New York, NY: Teachers College Press, 2002.
Jago, Carol.
Beyond Standards: Excellence in the High School English Class. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook, 2001.
Johnston, Peter.
Choice Words. Portland ME: Stenhouse Publishing, 2004.
Lane, Barry.
After the End. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1999.
Marzano, Robert J., Debra J. Pickering and Jane E. Pollock.
Classroom Instruction that Works, Research-based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2001.
Ray, Katie Wood. Wondrous Words. Urbana, IL: NCTE, 1999.
Ray, Katie Wood. What You Know By Heart. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2002.
Ray, Katie Wood.
About the Authors Writing Workshop with our Youngest Writers. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2004.
Ray, Katie Wood.
Study Driven: A Framework for Planning Units of Study in the Writing Workshop. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2006.
Ray, Katie Wood with Lester Laminack.
The Writing Workshop Working Through the Hard Parts (And They’re All Hard Parts). Urbana IL: NCTE, 2001
Romano, Tom.
Crafting Authentic Voice. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2004.
Romano, Tom.
Blending Genre, Altering Style: Writing Multigenre Papers, Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook, 2000.
Spandel, Vicki.
Creating Writers Through 6-Trait Writing Assessment Instruction. New York, NY: Addison Wesley Longman, 2001.
Stead, Tony.
Is That A Fact? Teaching Nonfiction Writing K-3. Portland ME: Stenhouse Publishing, 2001.
Weaver, Constance.
Teaching Grammar in Context. Portsmouth, NH: Boyton/Cook, 1996.
Zemelman, Steven, Harvey Daniels and Arthur Hyde.
Best Practice: New Standards for Teaching and Learning in America’s Schools. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1998.
Zemelman, Steven, Harvey Daniels and Arthur Hyde.
A Community of Writers, Teaching Writing in the Junior and Senior High School. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1988.

 

Classroom Assessment Resources

Anderson, Carl.
Assessing Writers. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2005.
Cambourne, Brian, and Jan Turbill.
Responsive Evaluation: Making valid judgments about student literacy. Eleanor Curtain Publishing ( Australia), 1996.
Culham, Ruth.
6+ 1 Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide (Grades 3 and Up) .Teaching Resources, 2003.
Culham, Ruth.
6+ 1 Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide for the Primary Grades. Teaching Resources, 2005
Culham, Ruth, and Amanda Wheeler.
Writing to Prompts in the Trait-Based Classroom: Content Areas. Prompts that Provide all the Elements Students Need to Start Writing: A Role, Audience, Format, Topic, and Strong Verb (R.A.F.T.S.). New York: Scholastic. 2004.
Gere, Anne Ruggles, Leila Christenbury and Kelly Sassi.
Writing on Demand, Best Practices and Strategies for Success. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. 2005.
Spandel, Vicki.
Creating Writers Through 6-Trait Writing Assessment and Instruction. New York: Addison Wesley Longman. 2001.
Spandel, Vicki.
Creating Young Writers: Using the Six Traits to Enrich Writing Process in Primary Classrooms. Pearson / Allyn & Bacon, 2003.


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