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Revision decisions : talking through sentences and beyond /
Revision is often a confusing and difficult process for students, but it's also the most important part of the writing process. If students leave our classrooms not knowing how to move a piece of writing forward, we've failed them. Revision Decisions will help teachers develop the skills s...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Portland, Maine :
Stenhouse Publishers,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Part 1: The Basics 1; Chapter 1 Revision Decisions Are Possible: Actively Processing to Develop Options for Revision; Chapter 2 The Vocabulary of Revision Decisions: Introducing DRAFT with a Five-Day Lesson Plan; Chapter 3 The Process: The Anatomy of a Revision-Decision Lesson; Part 2: The Lesson Sets; Lesson Set 1 Modifying in the Right Direction: Right-Branching Sentences; Lesson Set 2 Can't Resist a List: The Compacting Power of the Serial Comma.
- Lesson Set 3 The Pair Necessities: Balancing Pairs and Deleting RepetitionLesson Set 4 Asides Are Extra: Adding Flavor with Extra Information; Lesson Set 5 Sentences Interrupted: The Power of Putting Ideas in the Way; Lesson Set 6 The Participle Principle: The Verbal That Tracks Action; Lesson Set 7 A Verbal Remedy: Invigorating Writing with Gerunds and Participles; Lesson Set 8 Keep Your Reader Oriented: Using Prepositions to Connect and Navigate; Lesson Set 9 The Comma-Drama Dilemma: Use It ... or Lose It?; Lesson Set 10 What's Left? Branching Out in New Ways; Appendixes A-G; A The Context.
- B The DemonstrationC The Practice; D The Collaboration; E Excerpt from Flesh and Blood So Cheap; F Charting Connections; G Decisions Writers Make; Appendixes for Lesson Sets 1-10; Lesson Set 1 (Right-Branching Sentences); 1.1 The Context; 1.2 The Practice; 1.3 The Collaboration; 1.4 Excerpt from Unbroken; Lesson Set 2 (Serial Commas); 2.1 The Context; 2.2 The Practice; 2.3 The Collaboration; 2.4 Excerpt from Most Fun Book Ever About Lizards; Lesson Set 3 (Pairs and Compounds); 3.1 The Collaboration; 3.2 The Practice; 3.3 The Collaboration; 3.4 Excerpt from Blizzard of Glass.
- Lesson Set 4 (Asides)4.1 The Context; 4.2 The Practice; 4.3 The Collaboration; 4.4 Excerpt from Gulp!; Lesson Set 5 (Interrupters); 5.1 The Context; 5.2 The Practice; 5.3 The Collaboration; 5.4 Excerpt from On a Beam of Light; Lesson Set 6 (Participial Phrases); 6.1 The Context; 6.2 The Practice; 6.3 The Collaboration; 6.4 Excerpt from Wild Tracks!; Lesson Set 7 (Verbals); 7.1 The Context; 7.2 The Practice; 7.3 The Collaboration; 7.4 Excerpt from Charles and Emma; Lesson Set 8 (Prepositions); 8.1 The Context; 8.2 The Practice; 8.3 The Collaboration; 8.4 Excerpt from Liar & Spy.
- Lesson Set 9 (Commas)9.1 The Context; 9.2 The Practice; 9.3 The Collaboration; 9.4 Excerpt from Hand in Hand; Lesson Set 10 (Left-Branching Sentences); 10.1 The Context; 10.2 The Practice; 10.3 The Collaboration; 10.4 Excerpt from Pirates: Robbers of the High Seas; References; Index; Footnotes; Ch10fn.