Text Structures From Picture Books [Grades 2-8]: Lessons to Ease Students Into Text Analysis, Reading Response, and Writing With Craft

Text Structures from Picture Books is a writing instruction book that uses inspiring and illustrative stories to help students frame their thinking and focus choices. It offers 50 low-prep, quick-access lessons to teach students seven concrete ways to respond to text in any genre, such as generating their own writing, retelling a story, generating reading responses, analyzing a story, writing about a theme or big idea, and answering open-ended questions. The lessons are based on master writing teacher Gretchen Bernabeis instructional model and offer a lively, high-impact mix of reading aloud, discussion, modeling, student writing, and peer share.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 352 pages
Publication date: 14 December 2023
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc

Writing instruction can often feel disjointed, as teachers attempt to cover a vast array of craft techniques, ideas, intentions, and genres. The possibilities are endless, which can be overwhelming. In Text Structures from Picture Books, elementary and middle grade teachers tap into a well-ordered universe of inspiring and illustrative stories to help students frame their thinking and focus their choices. Using the bite-size format of picture books as a starting point, the authors share 50 low-prep, quick-access lessons to help teachers teach students seven concrete ways to respond to text in any genre. Through these lessons, students will be able to:
1. Generate their own writing, using a text structure harvested from the work of professional authors.
2. Retell a story, using the text structure from the story.
3. Generate reading responses, using structures that support clarity.
4. Analyze a story to construct thematic statements, capturing the author's message and larger themes.
5. Write about a theme or big idea, demonstrating empathic and evidence-based interpretation.
6. Answer open-ended questions by selecting a technique that reflects the text and their engagement.
7. Experiment with authors' craft in their own writing.

Based on master writing teacher Gretchen Bernabei's instructional model, the lessons offer a lively, high-impact mix of reading aloud, discussion, modeling, student writing, and peer share. Plus, readers have access to a complete companion website full of text structure reproducibles, reading response prompts, additional lessons and extensions, student samples, and links to demo videos. State tests are now assessing reading and writing together. And that's a good thing. By teaching students to analyze and respond to text in multiple ways, we are equipping them with the skills they need to succeed in both academic and professional contexts. The lessons in Text Structures from Picture Books provide a solid foundation for building strong reading and writing skills that will last a lifetime.

Weight: 992g
Dimension: 214 x 277 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781071920862