Teaching Writing: Children

Lesson 2: Teaching Narration

Bibliography

I have recommended several excellent resource books for this course. See the complete bibliography in lesson one.

I would suggest that you choose a book or two and just read at your leisure. The philosophies of Nancie Atwell (In the Middle: New Understanding About Writing, Reading, and Learning) or Lucy Calkins (The Art of Teaching Writing) will inspire you and lead you to making changes in your own classrooms. Or, for a more practical approach, Regie Routman (Invitations: Changing as Teachers and Learners) gives some hands-on advice for teaching reading and writing. So, make your choices and take some time to just soak in the words of these inspirational writers!

Here are a few other resources that you might find helpful:

What Makes a Good Story? by Aaron Shepard: http://www.aaronshep.com/youngauthor/ele...

Narrative Prompts: http://www.smcps.k12.md.us/mbms/writing/...

A simple story map: http://www.aisr.cistron.nl/online_curric...

Another printable story map from Teacher Vision: http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plan...

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