Writers Read Better: Narrative: 50+ Paired Lessons That Turn Writing Craft Work Into Powerful Genre Reading
I loved Colleen's last Writers Read Better book, and I'm enthusiastic about this sibling book! Who better to trust for narrative writing and reading advice than a YA author, leader of advanced writing groups, and creator of countless versions of narrative Units of Study. I'm inspired not only to try these lessons with children, but also to use them myself to improve my own narrative writing. This book's paired lessons make sense while also feeling unique; while we may know it makes sense to pair reading and writing lessons, but getting down to brass tacks of which lessons and in which order can sometimes feel challenging. Thank you, Colleen, for this practical and wise book!
– Jen Serravallo, author, The Reading Strategies Book and The Writing Strategies Book
Videos
- Lesson 11 Writing: Deciding When to Summarize
- Lesson 11 Reading: Summarizing Text to Check for Comprehension
- Lesson 17 Writing: Compelling Stories Thrive on Conflict Crafted by Authors
- Lesson 17 Reading: Identifying the Scenes that Point to Conflict in a Story
Charts
PART 1
PART 2
- “Most scenes have” chart
- When Writers Might Use Scene or Summary chart
- Perspective chart
- Writers Choose the Best Platforms for Their Stories
- When Reading Digital Stories…
PART 3
- Some Ways Writers Might Create Conflict in Stories
- Ways Writers Elaborate in Order to Show What is Really Important
- Some Ways Writers Can Build Suspense
- Writing Feedback Roles
- Ways to Give Feedback Digitally
- Walking in another reader's footsteps...
PART 4
- Some symbols we found and the ways they were used (Book)
- Some symbols we found and the ways they were used (Film)
- Possible Purposes and Meaning Behind Tenses
- Purposes for Paragraphing chart
- Sample Center Cards
- Some ways authors point to themes in their stories
Student work examples Coming Soon!
- Revising for clarity student sample(s)
- Spelling strategies student sample(s)
- Partner centers student sample(s)
- Author’s decision critique student sample(s)
- Narrative reflections student sample(s)
