[MOSAIC] study driven

[Ellen Mulford]

Could you please give the name of the poetry book for first grade that you 
are referencing?  Thank you.


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>Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] study driven
>Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 07:41:02 EDT
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>Nancy,
>Combine Study Driven with Primary Units of Study from Lucy Calkins and  you
>are golden. If you are doing poetry next.... she has an entire book  
>dedicated
>to just that genre and at the first grade level.... not only to read  like 
>a
>writer and write like a reader but she shows you how to introduce author
>craft.,.... poetic language, similes and metaphors, white space, big 
>message in  a
>tiny package (she works in analogies a lot) how to work as a whole group to
>practice and then what to do during conferences to elevate their 
>writing.... I
>have used it for the past five years and every time I read it I pick up
>something more.... we write anthologies at the end of the year and they are 
>not
>only sophisticated in style, and deep in meaning, the students kid  voices 
>are
>maintained in the beauty of how their poet eyes perceive the  world and 
>those
>who live in it.
>Pam
>
>In a message dated 4/4/2008 6:51:21 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>hagertyn at slcs.us writes:
>
>Leslie,
>I absolutely LOVE this approach to writing, reading, and to  learning!  
>Even
>my first graders have really responded to noticing what  the authors of our
>mentor texts are doing and then they are even trying to do  some of the 
>same
>kinds of writing.  They are able to articulate exactly  what they are doing 
>and
>why.  Our biggest AHA has been that the author  writes for the reader to 
>read,
>so as authors we are noticing what things we  HAVE to include in order for 
>the
>reader to not be confused,  As readers  we are noticing how deliberate the
>author was with the choices he/she  used.  Our entire building is 
>attempting a
>poetry study right now.   Too early to hear how everyone is doing just  
>yet.
>
>Nancy
>
> >>> "STEWART, L"  <LSTEWART at branford.k12.ct.us> 04/03/08 6:04 PM >>>
>Has  anyone used the book Study Driven by Katie Wood Ray?  I am
>interested  in your success in or opinion of the use of this book in
>choosing mentor  texts for writing  instruction.
>
>Leslie
>
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