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1 WORKSHOP HELP DESK A QUICK GUIDE TO Reaching Struggling Writers K 5 M. COLLEEN CRUZ Workshop Help Desk Series Edited by Lucy Calkins with the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project HEINEMANN Portsmouth, NH

2 WORKS CITED Bender, J The Resourceful Writing Teacher: A Handbook of Essential Skills and Strategies. Bernays, A., and P. Painter What If?: Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Longman. Burroway, J Imaginative Writing: The Elements of Craft. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Longman. Calkins, L Living Between the Lines. Portsmouth, NH: Cruz, M. C Independent Writing: One Teacher Thirty-Two Needs, Topics, and Plans. Davis, J., and S. Hill The No-Nonsense Guide to Teaching Writing: Strategies, Structures, and Solutions. Portsmouth, NH: DiCamillo, K. n.d. Scholastic: Teaching Resources. /wd_blurb.htm. Fletcher, R Boy Writers: Reclaiming Their Voices. Portland, ME: Stenhouse. Fletcher, R., and J. Portalupi Craft Lessons: Teaching Writing K 8, Second Edition. Portland, ME: Stenhouse. 80

3 Graham, P Speaking of Journals: Children s Book Writers Talk About Their Diaries, Notebooks, and Sketchbooks. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press. Heard, G Awakening the Heart: Exploring Poetry in Elementary and Middle School. Janeczko, P Seeing the Blue Between: Advice and Inspiration for Young Poets. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick. Le Guin, U Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew. Portland, OR: The Eighth Mountain Press. Lukeman, N The Plot Thickens: 8 Ways to Bring Fiction to Life. New York: St. Martin s Griffin. Ray, K. W The Writing Workshop: Working Through the Hard Parts (And They re All Hard Parts). Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English. Sciezska, J. n.d. Reading Rockets: An Interview with Jon Sciezska. scieszka. Snowball, D., and F. Bolton Spelling K 8: Planning and Teaching. Portland, ME: Stenhouse. Wilde, S Spelling Strategies and Patterns. Portsmouth NH: firsthand. Woodson, Jacqueline. n.d. Frequently Asked Questions. Zinsser, W On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction. London, UK: Collins. Works Cited d 81

4 BOOKS RECOMMENDED BY THIS AUTHOR Here is a brief list of books about writing workshop that you might want to look to after reading this text: Anderson, Carl Assessing Writers. Portsmouth, NH: Bender, Jenny The Resourceful Writing Teacher: A Handbook of Essential Skills and Strategies. Portsmouth, NH: Bernays, Anne, and Pamela Painter What If?, Third ed. New York: Longman. Bomer, Katharine Writing a Life: Teaching Memoir to Sharpen Insight, Shape Meaning and Triumph Over Tests. Burroway, Janet Imaginative Writing: The Elements of Craft. Penguin Academics Series. New York: Penguin. Calkins, Lucy The Art of Teaching Writing. Portsmouth, NH: Davis, Judy, and Sharon Hill The No-Nonsense Guide to Teaching Writing: Strategies, Structures, and Solutions.

5 Ehrenworth, Mary, and Vicki Vinton The Power of Grammar: Unconventional Approaches to the Conventions of Language. Fletcher, Ralph, and JoAnn Portalupi Craft Lessons. Second ed. Portland, ME: Stenhouse. Graves, Donald A Fresh Look at Writing. Portsmouth, NH: King, Stephen On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft. New York: Pocket. Le Guin, Ursula Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew. Portland, OR: The Eighth Mountain Press. Lukeman, Noah The Plot Thickens: 8 Ways to Bring Fiction to Life. New York: St. Martin s Griffin. Ray, Katie Wood, and Lester Laminack The Writing Workshop: Working Through the Hard Parts (and They re All Hard Parts). Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English. Wilde, Sandra Spelling Strategies and Patterns: What Kids Need to Know. Portsmouth, NH: firsthand. Zinsser, William On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction. 30 th Anniversary Edition. New York: Collins.

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