{"product_id":"9781571103420","title":"Scaffolding Young Writers: A Writer's Workshop Approach","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe goal of teaching writing is to create independent and self-motivated writers. When students write more often, they become better at writing. They acquire habits, skills, and strategies that enable them to learn more about the craft of writing. Yet they require the guidance and support of a more knowledgeable person who understands the writing process, the changes over time in writing development, and specific techniques and procedures for teaching writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eScaffolding Young Writers: A Writers' Workshop Approach,\u003c\/i\u003e Linda J. Dorn and Carla Soffos present a clear road map for implementing writers' workshop in the primary grades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdopting an apprenticeship approach, the authors show how explicit teaching, good models, clear demonstrations, established routines, assisted teaching followed by independent practice, and self-regulated learning are all fundamental in establishing a successful writers' workshop. There is a detailed chapter on organizing for writers' workshop, including materials, components, routines, and procedures. Other chapters provide explicit guidelines for designing productive mini-lessons and student conferences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eScaffolding Young Writers\u003c\/i\u003e also features:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ean overview of how children become writers;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eanalyses of students' samples according to informal and formal writing assessments;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ewriting checklists, benchmark behaviors, and rubrics based on national standards;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eexamples of teaching interactions during mini-lessons and writing conferences;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eillustrations of completed forms and checklists with detailed descriptions, and blank reproducible forms in the appendix for classroom use.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstruction is linked with assessment throughout the book, so that all teaching interactions are grounded in what children already know and what they need to know as they develop into independent writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stenhouse Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050707697904,"sku":"9781571103420","price":25.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781571103420_p0.jpg?v=1763795488","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781571103420","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}