High-Impact Writing Clinics: 20 Projectable Lessons for Building Literacy Across Content Areas [With DVD]

By Michael G. Salinger, Sara E. Holbrook, Sara Holbrook

Next-generation lessons for today's student writers

Move over, old-school writing lessons. In High-Impact Writing Clinics, teacher-poets Sara Holbrook and Michael Salinger deliver 21st-century engagements in a 21st-century format that are certain to finally hook today's i-touch generation on writing--and help meet the Common Core Standards, too.

How? Sara and Michael's 20 high-energy projectable lessons for grades 4-8 harness the brevity and potency of poetry for teaching the intricate skills behind writing well in any subject. The 100 poems--set against vivid full-color photographs and graphics on more than 500 slides--serve as a springboard for activities in which students read, discuss, and write to meet the literacy objectives of the Common Core:

Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings
Interpret words and phrases as they are used in text--including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings--and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone
Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience
Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style appropriate to the task, purpose, and audience

If our students are to read and write complex literary and informational texts independently, they need highly effective, instructional scaffolding. With High-Impact Writing Clinics teachers and students alike will become fully equipped to do the rigorous, deep dives into complex texts day after day.

"I encourage you to jump right into High-Impact Writing Clinics. Your kids will thrive. And they will become far better writers who will not only meet, but exceed, the standards."
--Stephanie Harvey, Coauthor of Strategies That Work, Second Edition

• Format: Spiral-bound
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1452286868
• ISBN13: 9781452286860
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Corwin Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.8" x 10.9"