Trait Crate Plus, Grade 2: Where Literature Lives in the Writing Classroom

By Scholastic Inc.

Book Overview

Bring literature to life in the writing classroom With six all-new mentor texts per grade and 24 time-saving lessons, Ruth Culham s Trait Crate Plus expands and enriches the reading-and-writing experience. In addition to the valuable features and components of the original Trait Crate, this enhanced edition offers: An emphasis on modesnarrative, informational, and opinionto help you address higher standards A companion website that provides access to dozens of downloadable pages for students, video interviews with children s authors, and student-friendly scoring guides Culham s bestseller, The Writing Thief, which takes a deep dive into the theory and practice of using mentor texts to teach the craft of writingGrade 2 Mentor Texts: Ideas: Tony BaloneyOrganization: Kenya: A to ZVoice: Detective Blue Word Choice: Gone with the WandSentence Fluency: Monster Truck ManiaConventions: The Whales Using fiction and nonfiction children s books as models, Trait Crate Plus makes teaching writing engaging and relevant through the lessons and activities that inspire complex literacy thinking and learning for every student."

• Format: Unknown Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: B09L777HHR
• ISBN13: 9781338030440
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Scholastic, Incorporated
• Weight: 562.00 lbs.
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5