Publisher's Synopsis
In Write as an Expert, Liz presents a straightforward guide to teaching genre that's ready to use in your next writing lesson. With the busy teacher in mind, Write as an Expert contains 46 blackline masters that cover the important tasks associated with each genre. Just some of the subject matter includes:
- planning and composing letters
- generating character and plot ideas for fiction
- listing key words to write original reports
- using the Inquiry process to guide research
- creating lead-in paragraphs for articles and exposition
- proofreading guides for key genres.
There are writing-genre frameworks for early, transitional and extending writers, plus for each genre Liz presents a learning-outcomes profile for you to evaluate and document student progress.
Write as an Expert also includes photographs and samples of student writing that show firsthand how Liz's genre-study lessons work in practice.
