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Gretchen bernabei is a force as a teacher and an important mentor for using grammar instruction to help students become better writers. Bernabeis book offers a kid friendly approach to teaching grammar that encourages transference in students talking, thinking, and their writing. Well, its eleven years since i wrote the first book and it has been, without a doubt, the most popular of all my english banana books. This is a sentence writing practice using gretchen bernabei s pitchforking strategy. And if you have three or four still shots in writing, they can provide similar movement. These days, shes on the road consulting, having delivered hundreds of workshops. Verbswrite this on the board and practice the conversation pdf. Grammar keepers to the rescue, with 101 lessons that help students internalize the conventions of correctness once and for all.
Bernabeis teaching career spans more than twentyfive years. She most recently taught high school english in san antonio, texas, where she was named educator of the year. An overview of the 11minute essay helpingeducateothers. It didnt photocopy right too dark, and when it did it was too small for my students handwriting. This activity can be used as a station or independent practice. In gretchens trademark style, she gets these everimportant conversations started and keeps them going. Text structures from the masters 50 lessons and nonfiction mentor texts to help students write their way in and read their way out of every single imaginable genre, grades 610 corwin literacy by gretchen bernabei author jennifer koppe author.
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If a page of the book isnt showing here, please add text bookcat to the end of the page concerned. I have been struggling to determine how to include regular journaling in my classroom and make writing a natural process for. A popular workshop presenter and winner of nctes james moffett award in 2010, gretchen bernabei has been teaching kids to write in middle school and high school classrooms for more than thirty years. This is how we track movement of the mind, by taking several snapshots or thoughtshots as barry lane calls them, and putting them into a sequence. This is a book that is great for ells and all student populations. Grammar keepers, lessons that tackle students most. Daily journal writing to increase practice and provide an authentic context. The winner of nctes james moffett award, gretchen bernabei has been teaching kids to write in middle school and high school classrooms for almost 30 years.
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