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References for Writing Workshop


Books about Our Own Writing

John Franklin
Writing for Story, Craft Secrets of Dramatic Nonfiction by a two-time Pulitzer Prize Winner, Plume (Penguin)

John Gardner
The Art of Fiction, Vintage Books

Donald Murray
Creating a Life in Essay, Story, Poem, Heinemann


Books about Teaching Writing

Carl Anderson
How's It Going?: A Practical Guide to Conferring with Student Writers, Heinemann

Randy Bomer
Time for Meaning, Crafting Literate Lives in Middle and High School, Heinemann

Lucy Calkins
The Art of Teaching Writing, Heinemann

Joann Portalupi and Ralph Fletcher,
Craft LessonTeaching Writing K-8, Stenhouse
Nonfiction Craft Lessons: Teaching Information Writing K-8, Stenhouse

Ralph Fletcher
A Writer's Notebook, Unlocking the Writer Within You, Avon Books

Fontas and Pinnell
Guiding Readers and Writers, Teaching Comprehension, Genre and Content Literacy, Heinemann

Donald Graves
A Fresh Look at Writing, Heinemann

Shelley Harwayne
Lasting Impressions, Weaving Literature into the Writing Workshop, Heinemann


Isoke Nia's article, "Units of Study in the Writing Workshop" (PDF file)


Ralph Peterson and Maryann Eeds
Grand Conversations, Scholastic

Katie Ray Wood
Wondrous Words, Writers and Writing, NCTE
The Writing Workshop, Working Through the Hard Parts (And They're All Hard Parts)
, NCTE
What You Know by Heart, How to Develop Curriculum for Your Writing Workshop, Heinemann

Publisher links

Heinemann
Scholastic (Teachers Store)
Stenhouse

Other books:

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